Flow chart of prenatal check-up throughout pregnancy

In order to ensure the physical and mental health of pregnant mothers and fetuses as soon as possible, doctors remind pregnant mothers to go to the hospital for regular prenatal checkups. Regular prenatal checkups are very important for giving birth to a healthy baby, because regular maintenance can continuously observe and grasp the baby's development at every stage and the mother's body changes. Through examinations, it can also be understood whether the fetus is developing normally in the uterus and whether the mother's nutrition is adequate.

It can also promptly deal with the mother's pregnancy complications, which may seriously endanger the lives of the mother and the fetus. However, many complications can be detected and prevented through prenatal examinations.

Therefore, for novice pregnant mothers, prenatal check-up is a necessary project. If it is not carried out, it will not only harm the health of the pregnant mother herself, but also affect the baby in the belly. However, some new mothers may be confused about the entire prenatal check-up process during pregnancy, so pregnant mothers must keep the following prenatal check-up form in mind.

1. The new items that pregnant mothers need to do B-ultrasound during pregnancy are:

B-ultrasound is an important item in prenatal examination. The mother can start the B-ultrasound examination when she is 5 weeks pregnant. At this time, through B-ultrasound, it can be observed whether the pregnancy position is normal and whether the test tube embryo is alive. After the 13th week of pregnancy, the pregnant mother needs to do B-ultrasound to check the condition of the fetus's head, torso, heart, lungs, liver and other organs and limbs bones. When using three-dimensional or four-dimensional color ultrasound to conduct fetal malformation screening, most fetal malformations can be detected, such as facial, limb, internal organ, and heart malformations. During pregnancy, an ultrasound is also required to check the condition of the liver, such as cirrhosis and liver cancer.

2. The items that pregnant mothers need to check on an empty stomach during pregnancy are as follows

Generally, new items that require blood tests basically require pregnant mothers to be on an empty stomach. For example, checking liver function, HIV, syphilis, etc. The Down syndrome screening and sugar screening (high blood sugar in pregnant women) that everyone often hears about both require blood tests, and the pregnant mothers also need to be on an empty stomach. When pregnant mothers go to check these projects, they can bring some food and water with them, and eat immediately to replenish energy after doing the fasting project to prevent hypoglycemia. Mothers need to be on an empty stomach when doing liver examinations. B-ultrasound examinations of the liver can check the condition of the liver, such as cirrhosis and liver cancer. At this time, the examination must be done on an empty stomach to avoid affecting the test results. Pregnant mothers also need to fast when doing abdominal examinations. Fasting at this time is mainly to reduce the impact of gastrointestinal contents on the ultrasound beam, and to ensure that the images examined are clearer.

3. The prenatal examination items that need to be paid attention to during pregnancy are:

Prenatal check-up items that require attention during pregnancy include B-ultrasound, Down syndrome screening and blood sugar monitor. Pregnant mothers can do B-ultrasound to visually monitor the growth and development of their babies. Under normal circumstances, the golden time for pregnant mothers to undergo B-ultrasound examination is between 18 and 20 weeks of pregnancy. Most of the possible problems of the fetus can be discovered during this period. B-ultrasound can see the fetus's body, head, fetal heartbeat, embryo, wool and fetal umbilical cord, etc., and can find out whether the fetus is alive and determine whether the fetus is deformed. Down syndrome screening is carried out during prenatal examination to prevent the baby from suffering from congenital defects. During pregnancy, mothers are prone to high blood sugar. The purpose of blood sugar monitoring is to avoid the risk of high blood sugar in pregnant women. Due to the changes in hormones in the mother's body during pregnancy, the chance of developing diabetes is also increased. If a pregnant woman has high blood sugar during pregnancy, it may cause the fetus to be too large, and may also cause fetal stillbirth or deformity. If treated promptly, gestational diabetes can be easily controlled through diet or insulin injections.