What items should be checked on the 42nd day of maternity?

Women need to be examined 42 days after giving birth. Not only the mother needs to be examined, but the baby also needs to undergo certain examinations. This is an examination of the baby's healthy development and is also very important for guiding the baby's health in the future. Usually, weight, blood pressure, urine routine and other examinations are required. For the mother, it is necessary to see whether the wound has healed and whether there is any inflammation. B-ultrasound examination is also required to see the recovery of the uterus.

1. Weigh yourself: This is the simplest item, but don’t ignore it. Weight is the most convenient health standard for self-measurement. New mothers may wish to keep a convenient scale at home to keep an eye on their weight and balance their diet.

2. Measure blood pressure: The normal blood pressure for adults should be 120/80 mmHg. A mother's blood pressure is somewhat different after pregnancy. Some mothers also suffer from pregnancy-induced hypertension. After delivery, blood pressure generally returns to pre-pregnancy levels. If blood pressure has not returned to normal, the cause should be identified and symptomatic treatment should be given in time.

3. Urinalysis: Mothers who suffer from pregnancy poisoning and feel discomfort when urinating need to do a routine urine test. On the one hand, it can check whether pregnancy poisoning has returned to normal, and on the other hand, it can check whether the mother who has discomfort in urination has a urinary tract infection.

4. Routine blood test: Pregnant women with anemia and postpartum hemorrhage should have their routine blood test repeated. If anemia is found, timely treatment should be given. If a mother has symptoms such as high fever, she also needs to undergo a routine blood test to determine whether there is inflammation in the body.

5. Pelvic organ examination: Pelvic organ examination is the most important examination in the 42 days after delivery and can best reflect the mother's postpartum recovery.

6. Contraceptive guidance: This item is unique to postpartum check-up. "Breastfeeding period" is not a "safe period". Mothers must take effective contraceptive measures. Getting pregnant again is very harmful to the recovering body. As for what kind of contraceptive measures to take, mothers can make full use of this examination opportunity to consult a gynecologist, and then adopt the most suitable method for contraception.

7. It is mainly to check the mother's recovery and the child's development, to see whether the mother's uterus has recovered, whether there is any problem with the breast, whether the child's height and weight are up to standard, and whether the jaundice is serious.

8. Generally, we check the postpartum recovery, whether the wound has healed, whether there is lochia, whether there is milk in the breast, etc.