When should a pregnant woman visit a doctor?
It is the question that baffles every pregnant woman in her first pregnancy, and here we are talking about normal pregnancies and does not apply to special and high-risk pregnancies such as twin pregnancies, antecedents of premature births, preeclampsia and gestational diabetes.
In normal pregnancies, visits should be as follows:
The first visit: a week after the interruption of the period, in which a pregnancy reaction takes place to confirm pregnancy + cohort + urine and sediment test + Echo showing: a small pregnancy sac - inside the uterus and not outside - and it does not contain anything... Gestational age is 3 weeks...
Second visit: 2 weeks after the first, we perform an ultrasound showing: a larger gestational sac + a yolk sac + an embryo with two pulses... Gestational age is 5 weeks...
The third visit: 3 weeks after the second, the ultrasound shows an embryo in the eighth week with the formation of the limbs and the beginning of movements...
Fourth visit: After 4 weeks from the third, we perform an echography showing a fully formed and mobile fetus in the 12th week, and we reveal in this echography 80% of the fetal abnormalities, and we are also assured of the placenta...
Fifth visit: after a month, and maybe two months after the fourth visit, i.e. in the fifth month, its beginning or middle and preferably the end ... A very important visit in which we deny 90% of fetal abnormalities + check the location of the placenta + amount of amniotic fluid to ensure normal placental function + length The cervix to make sure that there is no risk of premature birth...
Sixth visit: After a month, i.e. at the beginning of the seventh month, we are assured of the fetus’s growth + measurements + weight + placenta + amount of fluid + length of the cervix…
The seventh visit: the middle of the seventh month, we check on all of the above + tests: hemoglobin, serum iron, calcium, urine and sediment test...
The eighth and ninth visit: every 15 days to check on all of the above...
The ninth month: very important, and it is the goal of the whole pregnancy, that is, to achieve a healthy birth for a healthy, fully mature newborn... A weekly visit must be made to check the position of the fetus, its size and weight, the amount of fluid and the degree of maturity and calcification of the placenta + a gynecological examination at each weekly visit to assess the intervention of the head and the maturity of the cervix And openness...
Of course, in cases of high-risk pregnancies, the doctor decides the date of the visits according to the data...