What to do during the 16th week of pregnancy

In order to reduce the probability of babies being born with congenital diseases, the government calls on every pregnant woman to go to the hospital on time for relevant prenatal check-ups during the pregnancy. We all know that the test tube embryo examination items are different at different weeks of pregnancy, and each examination item often has a certain time requirement. If the best examination time is missed, the test tube embryo may miss the possibility of abnormality detection.

Many people ask, what tests are performed in the hospital outpatient department during the 16th week of pregnancy?

First of all, we need to understand that the 16th week of pregnancy belongs to the second trimester. At this time, the test tube embryo has been formed, but the formation time is not long. In order to ensure the healthy growth of the test tube embryo, it is necessary to go to the hospital on time to complete each examination item. Although prenatal examinations during pregnancy cannot 100% guarantee that the test tube embryo is healthy, it can ensure to the greatest extent that the fetus does not have common developmental abnormalities.

In other words, women can go to the hospital outpatient department for Down syndrome screening when they are 16 weeks pregnant. Down syndrome screening is an important prenatal examination project. Its main purpose is to check whether the test tube embryo has Down syndrome. If it is confirmed that the test tube embryo has Down syndrome, it may be necessary to terminate the pregnancy. The best time to do Down syndrome screening is between 16 and 20 weeks of pregnancy. Women can make an appointment at the hospital according to their specific circumstances.

In addition, women can go to the hospital for other examinations at 16 weeks of pregnancy. We all know that a woman's health is closely related to the healthy growth and development of the fetus. Therefore, it is also important to check a woman's health during her pregnancy. In other words, in the 16th week of pregnancy, you can go to the hospital to measure whether the woman's blood pressure is normal and whether the woman's weight is normal.

Generally speaking, women can go to the hospital outpatient clinic for Down syndrome screening at 16 weeks of pregnancy. If a woman's Down syndrome screening is scheduled to be done after the 17th week of pregnancy, then she can also do other examinations at the 16th week of pregnancy. In fact, there are certain time periods for women’s check-up items during pregnancy, and it is sufficient as long as the examination is done within the required time. If there are no special regulations, this examination can be done at 16 weeks of pregnancy.