Can ultrasound show that the baby is deformed?

Nowadays, in order to achieve the goal of eugenics, many pregnant women will go to the hospital regularly for some check-ups during pregnancy. This can not only ensure their own health, but also detect some problems with the child in advance, giving parents a certain amount of psychological preparation. There are many types of pregnancy check-ups, and B-ultrasound is one of them. So, can B-ultrasound be used to check whether a child has deformities?

1. Items of fetal abnormality screening during pregnancy

An abnormality screening test refers to a test that a woman undergoes in a hospital or maternal and child health care center in the early stages of her pregnancy to rule out the possibility of a malformed fetus. B-ultrasound checks the baby's facial features, limbs and internal organs for abnormalities, while blood and urine tests are general routine examinations, mainly to check for anemia. Generally speaking, pregnant women should go to the hospital for check-up around 20 weeks of pregnancy, and preferably not more than 28 weeks.

B-ultrasound checks the baby's facial features, limbs and internal organs for abnormalities, while blood and urine tests are general routine examinations, mainly to check for anemia. It is recommended to screen for Down syndrome at 16-20 weeks, with fasting blood draw - mainly to screen for fetal neural tube defects,

Three-dimensional color ultrasound is performed around 24 weeks, which can clearly display the organs of the fetus, understand the growth and development of the fetus, and observe whether there are any deformities in the gross structure of the head, limbs and organs. In addition, fetal heart rate, blood pressure, etc. should be checked regularly. For details, please contact the local hospital or maternal and child health center for more information!

2. What deformities can be checked by B-ultrasound?

1. Nervous system: anencephaly, hydrocephalus, microcephaly, spina bifida and meningocele.

2. Digestive system: umbilical enterocele, visceral prolapse, intestinal atresia and megacolon, etc.

3. Urinary system: hydronephrosis, polycystic kidney disease, megacystis, and urethral obstruction.

4. Other deformities: short limb deformity, conjoined twins, congenital heart disease and teratopathy, etc.

3. Precautions for B-ultrasound examination

1. Move more before fetal abnormality screening, which will help the baby's fetal position reach the best position. During the BC examination, all the baby's conditions can be well displayed to the BC doctor. The situation where some of the baby's organs are not clear or cannot be seen due to the fetal position will not occur.

2. According to the experience of those who have gone through this, it is also appropriate to eat a few pieces of chocolate when doing the BC fetal malformation screening test. It is said that this can make the baby move more, which is conducive to the fetal malformation screening test.