Can I eat before amniocentesis?

The most important thing about amniocentesis is that it can check whether the child has Down syndrome. Generally speaking, high-risk pregnancies should be checked in a timely manner using this method. For ordinary pregnant women, amniocentesis is generally not required. Before the amniocentesis, you must understand some precautions. After the examination, you must pay attention to bed rest. Let's take a look at this aspect.

Can I eat before amniocentesis?

Nowadays, due to environmental pollution, food safety issues and bad living habits, many fetuses suffer from various diseases before birth, which brings great pain to the lives of the whole family. So how to reduce the occurrence of this situation? Amniocentesis can achieve this goal. Amniocentesis, also known as amniocentesis, is generally performed between 14 and 20 weeks of pregnancy. The method of amniocentesis is to pass a thin needle through the pregnant woman's belly, through the uterine wall, into the amniotic fluid cavity, and draw amniotic fluid for comprehensive examination under the guidance of ultrasound.

Amniocentesis is a method of prenatal diagnosis for pregnant women, which allows doctors to accurately grasp the development of the fetus. To reduce the birth rate of stupid and foolish children. You can eat and drink before amniocentesis, but for the accuracy of the test, it is best not to eat.

Pregnant women must make adequate preparations before undergoing amniocentesis. First, don't be nervous or afraid, but relax. Secondly, if you have a history of allergies, special medical history, etc., you must inform the doctor in time so that the doctor can make an accurate decision and reduce harm to the body.

3 Pregnant women should rest in bed more after amniocentesis and avoid working outdoors too early, especially avoid strenuous exercise and heavy physical labor. If they find symptoms such as abdominal pain, abdominal distension, vaginal discharge, bleeding, fever, etc., they should go to the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital for treatment.

Pregnant women should rest in bed more after amniocentesis, and should not go to work too early, especially avoid strenuous exercise and heavy physical labor. At the same time, they should eat more nutritious food to help their body recover!

What does amniocentesis test?

(1) Check whether the fetus is in distress

Amniocentesis picture During the delivery process, the fetus often becomes distressed due to prolonged labor, lack of oxygen or compression. If it is discovered in time, the cause can be immediately eliminated, or necessary measures can be taken decisively, such as caesarean section, and the fetus can mostly be saved. If it should be discovered but is not, and the rescue is delayed, fetal death in the womb will be difficult to avoid.

(2) Determination of fetal sex

During the long ten months of pregnancy, what expectant parents are most interested in is the prediction of whether the baby will be a boy or a girl. This is certainly driven by curiosity, but in fact it seems to be necessary. If the sex of the fetus can be predicted, expectant parents can be mentally prepared and can make appropriate arrangements for the baby's clothing and utensils. The sex of the fetus can be determined not only through the chromosomes in the amniotic fluid, but also through the measurement of the endocrines contained in the amniotic fluid. Although this method is simple to operate, it is also highly accurate.

(3) When the due date cannot be determined, amniotic fluid can be drawn at an appropriate time for internal analysis to determine the maturity of the fetus.

(4) Fetal amniotic fluid paternity test

With the advancement of science and technology, DNA testing technology has gradually matured, and paternity testing can be performed on the fetus during pregnancy by extracting amniotic fluid.