Maybe you just need to adjust the diet and drinking regimen, and perhaps you can not do without taking medication. Try to eat right, attend courses for future mothers, where you will learn a lot. Take special gymnastics, swim and get positive emotions. The most important thing for you and your baby now is to be in good shape and mood. Watch your health, do not forget to take tests in time. What tests are taken during pregnancy - all this in our article.
General rules for the delivery of tests
1. Blood for analysis is given strictly on an empty stomach (must pass at least 12 hours after the last meal).
2. After a careful toilet of the external genitalia, the average portion of the first morning urine is collected, preferably into a sterilized jar. The pharmacy also sells special disposable containers. On the eve it is desirable not to eat anything from coloring products (for example, beets). The collected material must be delivered to the laboratory as early as possible, no later than 2 hours after collection. During the period of pregnancy monitoring, you will have to visit for such specialists as a therapist, an otolaryngologist, an oculist, a dentist, and possibly an endocrinologist and a surgeon for preventive purposes. What kind of tests do you have to go through? We tried to keep all the information in the table so you can always check on it, it's time to consult. Good luck and health! A smear from the vagina by the PCR method for infections that are mainly transmitted through the sexual way: chlamydia, ureaplasma, myco-plasma, trichomonads, fungi, etc. These infections can cause complications of pregnancy (kidney inflammation, etc. in pregnant women, miscarriages, premature births) and cause fetal malformations. Therefore, it is extremely important to pass the test and, if necessary, to follow all the doctor's instructions (pass antimicrobial therapy, most likely, together with the partner).
Cordocentesis
For the analysis, blood from the umbilical cord is taken, usually after 18 weeks of pregnancy. Used to determine genetic abnormalities and other malformations of the fetus. Cordocentesis is considered less traumatic for the fetus than amniocentesis, but the literature describes spasms of the umbilical cord as a result of cordocentesis, which leads to disruption of the normal functioning of the fetus.
Chorionic villus biopsy
It is performed on the 7-14th week of pregnancy. The material for analysis is the villi of the placenta (chorion), extracted either by a needle through the abdominal wall or, with the arrangement of the chorion on the back wall of the uterus, transcervical under the supervision of ultrasound. The results of a chorionic villus and cordocentesis villus biopsy may be unreliable if the collected material contains more maternal cells than the child (which may not be found if the female fetus is female) or in the case of a mosaic form of genetic syndromes. Amniocentesis - on the 15-20th week of pregnancy, a puncture (puncture) of the abdominal wall and placenta is performed, the amniotic fluid is collected in the needle for analysis. The result of amniocentesis is usually known in 2-3 weeks. Possible complications: premature discharge of amniotic fluid, infection, detachment of membranes, bleeding in the mother and / or fetus. Accuracy of the results obtained with amniocentesis is about 99%, that is very high. However, amniocentesis determines not all available pathologies, but only the most common of chromosomal abnormalities. In the event of a possible conflict in the blood group and / or Rh factor, one should approach the invasive methods with extreme caution! There is a risk of miscarriage.