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Why should I go to a women's consultation?
Last reviewed: 19.10.2021
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First, if you are interested in pregnancy, you need to make sure that the delay in the months is exactly what you were expecting.
Secondly, in connection with the new program, payment of maternity benefits is taken into account when the future mother became registered. If she asked a doctor for up to 12 weeks, the amount of payment will increase.
Third, if even pregnancy is normal, you still need advice, help, communication. After all, the advice of a doctor or midwife is more qualified than that of grandmothers, moms, girlfriends, colleagues, etc.
Fourth, in the women's consultation special gymnastics for pregnant women, courses of psychological preparation for childbirth, classes on preparation for breastfeeding and childcare are held.
Fifth, pregnancy does not always go smoothly, and only specialists - gynecologist, therapist, oculist, dentist - can recognize this or that pathology in time and eliminate these violations before they lead to serious consequences.
What does an obstetrician-gynecologist examine during the first visit to a pregnant female consultation?
First, the obstetrician-gynecologist will measure the external dimensions of the pelvis. This is necessary in order to determine whether a pregnant woman can give birth alone or have to resort to a cesarean section.
Secondly, he will determine whether the uterus is increasing. This need to be clarified to make sure that pregnancy develops in the uterus, and not outside it.
Thirdly, the pregnant woman is required to be weighed. Later, during the entire pregnancy, female counselors will control the weight gain, as this is an indicator of the proper functioning of the kidneys. With the help of weighing, it is determined whether fluid accumulates in the body. If the weight grows too fast, this indicates that serious disorders have begun in the body.
Along with body weight control, blood pressure is regularly measured. If the kidneys begin to filter blood worse, the fluid accumulates in the body of the pregnant woman. In the beginning, this is manifested by an increase in body weight, and then blood pressure begins to rise.
In addition to controlling weight and blood pressure, the doctor will examine your shins and ankles - are they not edematous, since the first manifestations of the beginning swelling arise right here.
The obstetrician-gynecologist examines the abdomen of the pregnant woman and makes the necessary measurements to correlate them with the expected duration of pregnancy. It also determines the position of the fetus in the uterus and the so-called pre-existing part. (What is the head or the pelvic end of the fetus.) These parameters are determined by feeling the stomach. Of course, it is better, if the present part is the head. But if the elytochki or the child is in general occupies a transverse position, it should not be frightened. There is a special set of exercises that helps to correct the wrong position of the fetus.
The volume of amniotic fluid is also examined, and the heartbeat of the fetus is listened with a stethoscope or a special device.
If during the first visit to the women's consultation you did not have any pathology, until 20 weeks of pregnancy you will visit the doctor once a month, from the 20th to the 30th week - every 2 weeks, and after the 30th week - every week.
What tests are needed and why?
Modern medicine can not do without tests. And although they are called "additional methods of research," sometimes only on the basis of the results of the tests can be noticed in time violations that begin in the body of a pregnant woman.
The standard list of tests prescribed in the women's consultation includes: a clinical blood test; blood chemistry; blood test for the group and Rh-accessory; blood test for various infections - syphilis, HIV, hepatitis B and C, toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus, herpes, rubella; Analysis of urine; A smear on the degree of purity of the microflora of the vagina.
Only after you have passed all the tests, the doctor will be able to comprehensively evaluate both your health and the state of the future baby.