What to check at 29 weeks of pregnancy

At 29 weeks of pregnancy, you are in the late stage of pregnancy. During this period, pregnant women should have their fifth prenatal check-up. The examination at this time is mainly divided into routine prenatal examination items and key prenatal examination items. Routine prenatal examination items include blood pressure, weight, fetal heart rate, blood routine, etc., and the key prenatal examination item is four-dimensional color ultrasound. Through four-dimensional color ultrasound, the development of the fetus can be judged, and if the fetus has congenital problems such as deformities, it can be known in advance.

1. What items should be checked at 29 weeks of pregnancy

1. Routine prenatal examination items:

This week you will have your fifth prenatal check-up, which will include blood pressure, weight, uterine fundus height, abdominal circumference, fetal heart rate, obstetric B-ultrasound, blood routine and urine routine. These basic measurements can help doctors understand the basic condition of the expectant mother more comprehensively. Expectant mothers can also take this time to consult their doctors about any questions they want to know during pregnancy.

2. Key prenatal examination items:

Four-dimensional color ultrasound. The necessity of doing four-dimensional color ultrasound: Color ultrasound can assist doctors in diagnosing congenital malformations of the fetus, including surface malformations and visceral malformations. For example, congenital heart disease, cleft lip and palate, hydrops fetus, polydactyly and external ear malformations can all be detected. At the same time, the exact position of the fetus in the uterus can be determined.

2. What are the precautions for prenatal check-up at 29 weeks of pregnancy?

1. No need to hold urine

In terms of preparation for the four-dimensional color ultrasound, one difference between the four-dimensional color ultrasound and the general B-ultrasound examination is that before the examination, there is generally no need to prepare to hold urine. As long as the expectant mother goes to a regular hospital for examination within the four-dimensional color ultrasound examination time, fetal malformation screening and other examinations can be performed.

2. The sex of the fetus cannot be determined for non-medical purposes

Four-dimensional color ultrasound can detect the gender of the fetus, but expectant parents should be reminded that revealing the gender of the fetus for non-medical purposes is illegal according to national regulations, so regular hospitals will not tell or hint at the gender of the fetus in any way. In fact, whether it is a boy or a girl, they are the fruit of the love between husband and wife. Prospective parents should pay more attention to factors such as whether the fetus is healthy and whether its development is normal.

3. Four-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound cannot replace Down syndrome screening

Four-dimensional color ultrasound is an important means to rule out fetal appearance deformities, so as to achieve timely detection and correction. Four-dimensional color ultrasound can only clearly show the development of the fetal surface, but cannot check the fetal intelligence. Some children with Down syndrome do not have any physical defects at birth, but will gradually show intellectual disabilities during the development process. These are difficult to detect through four-dimensional color ultrasound, so it is necessary for expectant mothers not only to undergo a four-dimensional color ultrasound examination, but also to do Down syndrome screening.