Do pregnant women need to hold their urine during ultrasound?

Today we are going to discuss whether pregnant women need to hold their urine when doing an ultrasound, and whether holding urine has any benefits for doing an ultrasound. Some pregnant women are skeptical about holding urine, and some people say that they must hold urine to make the result more accurate, so what is going on? Let’s discuss whether we need to hold our urine during an ultrasound?

The uterus of a normal woman is located deep in the pelvic cavity, and she needs to hold her urine to keep her bladder full so that the uterus and appendages can be clearly seen through ultrasound.

Before a woman is three months pregnant, the embryo is not very large and the uterus is relatively small, so she still needs to hold her urine during an ultrasound examination. After three months of pregnancy, the fetus grows larger and there is no need to hold urine during ultrasound examination. At this time, it will be more difficult for pregnant women to hold their urine.

Patients who find it troublesome to hold urine but whose financial conditions allow can choose vaginal ultrasound. Vaginal ultrasound can also be performed on women who have just become pregnant. However, vaginal ultrasound examination is not suitable for women in the late stages of pregnancy. The range of vaginal ultrasound examination is 10cm. At this time, the uterus begins to enlarge and is beyond the range of vaginal ultrasound examination.

In addition, pregnant women whose placenta is too low still need to hold their urine during ultrasound examination so that the relationship between the lower edge of the placenta and the cervical opening can be clearly seen.

After the discussion, I think what some pregnant women should do is to respect the doctor's advice and not do things on their own that they don't know how to do. This will not only make themselves healthier, but also make their babies healthier. Therefore, every pregnant woman should treat her pregnant body in a scientific way and establish good habits.