Do pregnant women need to hold their urine during color Doppler ultrasound?

B-ultrasound is an essential routine examination for pregnant women. But do pregnant women need to hold their urine when doing an ultrasound? Many pregnant women do not have a good understanding of this knowledge. In fact, it depends on what stage of pregnancy you are in. Because whether you need to hold your urine before an ultrasound examination is mainly determined by the stage of pregnancy. So when should pregnant women hold their urine during an ultrasound, and when should they not? Let me tell you in detail below.

Do pregnant women need to hold their urine for B-ultrasound? Conditions for B-ultrasound

First of all, everyone should know

Generally, babies need to hold their urine at three months old, but they no longer need to do so at six months or later. In addition, if you want to observe the position of the placenta and suspect placenta previa, you will need to hold your urine until the late stages of pregnancy.

Do pregnant women need to hold their urine during B-ultrasound?

In the early stages of pregnancy (generally within 6 weeks of pregnancy), the uterus is not large enough and has not left the pelvic cavity, so you need to hold your urine. A full bladder will help the B-ultrasound to clearly see the conditions inside the pelvic cavity and uterine cavity.

After 7 weeks of normal pregnancy or in the middle and late stages of pregnancy, there is generally no need to hold urine, unless there are special circumstances, such as unexplained vaginal bleeding, suspected abnormal placental position, etc., in which case a full bladder is needed to clearly see the tissue and blood flow in the lower part of the uterus.

In addition, a properly filled bladder can raise the position of the uterus, expand the tissues next to the uterus, fully expose the pelvic organs, and facilitate correct diagnosis.

It causes deformation and displacement of pelvic organs, such as making the uterus become slender, retroverted and displaced, thus creating some illusions and affecting correct judgment. Therefore, before doing a B-ultrasound, you should not only hold your urine, but also hold it appropriately.

Here, the editor will teach you a trick to hold urine properly to relieve the troubles of pregnant mothers. Before a gynecological B-ultrasound examination, drink 500 ml of water and then hold your urine for 2 hours, or drink 800 ml of water and then hold your urine for 1 hour, so that your bladder will be filled more appropriately. However, everything has its limits. If you hold your urine too long, the swelling of your bladder will push and compress your pelvic organs, affecting the effect.