What to do when you are 12 weeks pregnant

After pregnancy, in order to observe the growth and development of the fetus, prenatal check-ups start from the 12th week of pregnancy, and the main check-up item this week is the NT check. The NT check is very important in the early stages of pregnancy, but many pregnant women do not understand the purpose of the NT check, the content of the check, and the normal state of the test results. As a result, some pregnant women do not do the NT check. So what does the NT check in clinical medicine mainly check, and what is its purpose?

In clinical medicine, NT is also called the fetal nuchal translucency, which refers to the thickness of the fluid accumulation in the subcutaneous tissue on the back of the fetal neck. The examination scope of the NT examination is mainly the maximum thickness between the skin and subcutaneous tissue of the fetal cervical vertebrae. The main purpose of the NT examination is to check whether the fetus has malformations caused by sex chromosome mutations in the early pregnancy. If malformations are found after the examination, the pregnant woman should deal with it properly under the doctor's arrangement.

When doing the NT test, it is usually performed through abdominal ultrasound. Generally speaking, the thicker the fetal nuchal translucency, the greater the possibility of fetal abnormalities and the greater the possibility of deformity, which requires timely clinical intervention and treatment. If necessary, the pregnancy should be terminated. Therefore, at 12 weeks of pregnancy, pregnant women should remember to go to the hospital for a NT test in time. At the same time, the NT test is different from B-ultrasound and blood tests. Pregnant women do not need to make special preparations and can do the NT test after breakfast.

For a family, having a healthy baby would be a very happy thing, but if the baby has a malformation, it would be a tragedy for the family. Therefore, during pregnancy, pregnant women should do a good job of the NT test at 12 weeks of pregnancy and the Down screening at 15-18 weeks of pregnancy. These two tests are malformation tests during pregnancy and should be taken very seriously. If fetal abnormalities are found during the examination, the pregnant woman should do follow-up treatment under the guidance of the doctor, which will be beneficial to both the fetus and the pregnant woman.