Do pregnant women need to fast for routine checkups?

During the process from pregnancy to delivery, mothers need to go through many different kinds of pregnancy checkups. Pregnant mothers will have a very hard time. Regular checkups are also for the purpose of giving birth to a healthy baby. When doing prenatal checkups, it is necessary to pay attention to doing corresponding checkups according to each different stage. Generally, pregnant women do not need to fast for routine checkups, but if the doctor requires it, they need to fast.

Ultrasound examination at 5-6 weeks

Look at the number of embryos

At this time, through ultrasound examination, you can roughly see the position of the embryonic sac in the uterus. If it is not seen, you should suspect the possibility of ectopic pregnancy. If the pregnant mother has no vaginal bleeding, she only needs to observe the location of the embryonic sac implantation. If there is vaginal bleeding, it is usually "threatened abortion". If some tissue falls out of the vagina during this period, you should consider whether you have really miscarried. In addition, the number of embryos can be seen during the 5-8 weeks of pregnancy to determine whether the expectant mother is pregnant with twins!

Morning sickness starts at 6-8 weeks

Ultrasound examination showed fetal heartbeat and yolk sac.

During this period, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite begin to appear. Eat small meals frequently to prevent starvation ketosis. If you have not had an ultrasound before, you can do it now. You can see the embryonic tissue inside the embryonic sac. If you can see the fetal heartbeat, it means that the fetus is currently in a normal condition. In addition, you can also see the yolk sac that provides the fetus with nutrition before 12 weeks.

Chorionic villus sampling at 9-11 weeks

If the pregnant woman's family has a genetic disease, "chorionic villus sampling" can be done during this period. This examination is invasive and can often cause miscarriage in pregnant women and injury to the fetus. Please listen carefully to your doctor's advice before doing it. If there is no family hereditary disease, pregnant women generally do not need to undergo this examination.

12th week first formal prenatal check-up

Most expectant mothers start their first prenatal checkup around 12 weeks of pregnancy. Since the situation has entered a relatively stable stage at this time, most hospitals will issue a "Pregnancy Health Handbook" to mothers. In the future, when the doctor performs prenatal examinations for each expectant mother, he or she will also conduct and record the examination items recorded in the manual.

Do basic checks. The examination items mainly include: 1. Interview 2. Measure weight and blood pressure 3. Check various parts of the body 4. Listen to the baby's heartbeat 5. Check the size of the uterus 6. Draw blood 7. Urine test 8. Screening of "nuchal translucency"

2nd prenatal checkup between 13-16 weeks

Down syndrome screening

Starting from the second prenatal check-up, expectant mothers must undergo basic routine checks every time, including: weighing, measuring blood pressure, asking questions, checking the size of the uterus and checking the baby's fetal heart rate. If the expectant mother is over 35 years old, it is recommended to have a blood test for Down syndrome after 18 weeks (16-18 weeks is best). If the fetal nuchal translucency is greater than 3.0mm and the blood test result probability is greater than 1/270, there is a possibility of Down syndrome and amniocentesis should be arranged. As for the time to perform amniocentesis, in principle it starts at 16-20 weeks, mainly depending on whether the fetus has chromosomal abnormalities.