Bleeding during the first trimester of pregnancy

Pregnant women must be extra careful about their bodies. No matter what abnormalities occur, the first thing they consider is whether it will affect the baby in their belly. For example, coughing with phlegm or having diarrhea and catching a cold will cause greater concern than usual. So what if you find bleeding? Will bleeding three months into pregnancy affect the baby's development?

In fact, there is no need to worry too much about mild bleeding, but if the pregnancy is severe, you should go to the hospital outpatient clinic as soon as possible to find out the cause to avoid delaying the condition. In fact, there are several reasons that cause bleeding. The first is insufficient progesterone levels, which is the most common reason. The good growth and development of the fetus requires the application of estrogen from pregnant mothers, which is metabolized by progesterone. If there is insufficient or unstable metabolism, it will affect the growth and development of the fetus and cause bleeding. What we need to do is to supplement estrogen outside the body.

Another easy cause of bleeding is external force, such as falling or other bumps. The induced bleeding caused by this situation will make pregnant mothers very anxious. At this time, it is best to go to the hospital immediately to check whether the fetal indicators are normal. If the fetal heartbeat is normal, there is no problem. The pregnant woman only needs to recuperate at home and rest.

What are the blood tests required during pregnancy ?

1. HCG blood test

In order to detect the accuracy of pregnancy, doctors generally recommend blood tests for HCG pregnancy tests. Doctors usually extract 2-5 ml of blood and check the HCG value through "quantitative analysis" of the blood, which is more flexible and accurate than the usual "judgment" test of urine with early pregnancy test strips, and its accuracy is over 99%.

2. Routine blood test

It is mainly used to determine whether the expectant mother has anemia. Mild anemia will not cause much impact on the expectant mother and pregnant woman's delivery, but severe anemia may cause adverse effects such as premature birth and low birth weight. Generally, 2-5 ml of blood needs to be extracted.

3. Blood test

In the early stages of pregnancy, blood tests are usually done to check blood types. Doing this is helpful in preventing neonatal hemolytic disease in a timely manner. The second is to prepare for intravenous injection. Once a pregnant woman has miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, etc. in the early stages of pregnancy, it is possible to cause excessive blood loss during pregnancy and delivery.

4. TORCH inspection

The TOUCH test is what we often call the four viral tests, which mainly include rubella virus, rubella virus, toxoplasmosis and herpes simplex virus. It is best to carry out this test during the pregnancy preparation period. The normal result is negative. If the test is positive, you should be treated before getting pregnant.

5. Liver function test

This is mainly to check whether the pregnant mother has diseases such as hepatitis, because pregnancy will increase the pressure on the liver. If the pregnant mother's kidney function is abnormal, it will also affect the health of the fetus.

6. Down syndrome screening

Down syndrome screening is a test to screen the possibility of a fetus suffering from Down syndrome. Generally, Down syndrome screening involves extracting two ml of blood from the pregnant woman to test alpha-fetoprotein, human gonadotropin and free estriol in the blood cells, and then combining the pregnant woman's height, weight, age and weeks of pregnancy to calculate the risk index of a "Down syndrome baby".

7. Diabetes screening during pregnancy

At 24-28 weeks of pregnancy, your doctor will recommend gestational diabetes screening. It is best to eat light food the day before the sugar screening. Do not eat after 8 pm, and do not eat high-sugar fruits and drinks. Generally, blood is drawn once on an empty stomach, and then again one hour and two hours after drinking sugar, for a total of three blood draws.