What prenatal checkup should I do at 32 weeks of pregnancy?

When a pregnant woman is in the 32nd week of pregnancy, it is considered the late stage of pregnancy. In this period, it is necessary to have timely and good prenatal check-ups. The content of the prenatal check-ups is relatively large, including some routine prenatal check-up items as well as some key prenatal check-up items. All of them must be checked well to ensure the good development of the fetus. Once some problems are found, some methods can be taken in time to treat them. Let's take a look at this aspect.

What is the appropriate prenatal checkup at 32 weeks of pregnancy?

1. Routine prenatal check-up items: Between the 28th and 36th weeks of pregnancy, the frequency of prenatal check-ups is once every two weeks. Prenatal check-up items include routine items such as blood pressure, weight, uterine fundus height, abdominal circumference, fetal heart rate, fetal position, blood routine, and urine routine. These basic items are important monitoring indicators for expectant mothers' pregnancy care and help doctors have a more comprehensive understanding of the basic conditions of expectant mothers. In addition, starting from this week, fetal heart monitoring will be included in routine examinations.

2. Key prenatal examination items: fetal position examination. That is, to check the position of the fetus in the mother's uterus. The posture of the fetus in the womb before birth is very important, and in medicine, fetal position is also used as one of the bases for choosing the method of delivery. Malposition of the fetus can bring varying degrees of difficulty and danger to delivery. Timely detection of malposition of the fetus is conducive to early correction and is of great significance for the prevention of dystocia. The best time to adjust the fetal position is between 30 and 32 weeks of pregnancy.

What should pregnant women eat at 32 weeks of pregnancy?

1. Increase the intake of bean protein. In the late pregnancy, in addition to ensuring the intake of animal foods such as livestock and poultry meat, fish, eggs, and milk, you can add more bean protein, such as tofu and soy milk. Both foods are the essence of soy foods, containing all the nutrients of soybeans, rich in protein, and removing the indigestible cellulose and anti-nutritional factors in soybeans, thereby improving the protein digestion and absorption rate.

2. Eat more calcium-rich foods. In the later stages of pregnancy, pregnant women's need for calcium increases significantly. The calcification of fetal teeth and bones requires a large amount of calcium. Pregnant women should drink more bone soup and shrimp soup, and eat more sesame seeds, kelp, seaweed, rapeseed, amaranth, Chinese cabbage, etc. Among them, seaweed is not only high in calcium, but also rich in iron.

3. Pregnant mothers should ensure adequate nutrition, but excessive food is harmful to both the fetus and the pregnant mother. Gestational obesity is difficult to correct after the baby is delivered. Therefore, pregnant mothers should pay attention to a reasonable diet, measure their weight 1 to 2 times a week, and keep their weight within the normal growth range.

4. The birth of macrosomia is related to excessive nutritional supplements, excessive fat intake and lack of physical exercise in pregnant women. If the weight gain is too much, the pregnant mother should control her diet appropriately according to the doctor's advice, eat less food containing starch and fat, and eat more food high in protein and vitamins to prevent the fetus from growing too large and causing difficulties in delivery.

5. It is recommended that pregnant mothers eat small and frequent meals, 5 to 6 meals a day. They can also eat more porridge and soups that are nourishing to the stomach and easy to digest and absorb. When making these porridges, you can add ingredients according to your taste and specific circumstances, or eat them with some side dishes or meat.