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“How does everything usually start for a woman? Of course, the first call about pregnancy is a delay in menstruation. Some women take it easy and wait for the belly to grow, which confirms their assumption of pregnancy. And some do not associate this with pregnancy. And they are partly right - the delay of menstruation is not always associated with pregnancy. There are women who are very much waiting for the delay, and already after 1-2 days after the expected date, they run an ultrasound scan to confirm pregnancy. So what is the right thing to do? When to go for an ultrasound and whether to go at all? The correct solution: contact your gynecologist, who will give you all the necessary recommendations. And if you are not in a hurry to visit the doctor, and decided to verify the pregnancy yourself, then you can buy a pregnancy test at a pharmacy or donate blood for hCG (chorionic gonadotropin is a hormone released by the placenta during pregnancy), which is more reliable and correct. HCG begins to be produced from the first hours of pregnancy. And if the tests are positive, and you really want to see this and see a little black spot in the uterus with your own eyes, then you should come to the ultrasound at 5-6 weeks of gestation. ”- At what time can you see the fetus?"The gestational age is counted from the first daylast menstruation. At this time, we can see the fertilized egg. And we may not see it. Why can we not see the fertilized egg in the uterine cavity? Firstly, because it has not yet descended there from the fallopian tube, that is, you ovulated later than the average woman. Secondly, it (fetal egg) can. and is not going to go down, and this is already a formidable complication - an ectopic pregnancy. What to do? We - send you to the gynecologist. You - go to an appointment with a gynecologist. So, we saw a fertilized egg in the uterus - everything is fine. If the term is short, then, accordingly, the ovum is small, and apart from the black circle in the uterine cavity, we see nothing ”. - And when can you hear the heartbeat of the future baby?
"With the increase in gestational age they becomeyolk sac and embryo are available for visualization. Very important is the class and resolution of the ultrasound scanner. When examining with the abdominal sensor, the fetal egg, yolk sac and embryo are visualized earlier than with the examination through the anterior abdominal wall. Now we can talk about the gestational age, based on the fetometric data obtained by ultrasound. While the embryo is not visible, the period is determined by the average internal diameter of the ovum (the average of three sizes of the ovum, made in mutually perpendicular planes). As soon as we see the embryo, we can set the duration of the pregnancy according to its coccyx parietal size. The heartbeat of the embryo is usually determined when its size is 5 mm. Sometimes before. ”- Should I do an ultrasound at the earliest dates?"So, in the early stages of pregnancy, performingultrasound, we can establish the presence or absence of uterine pregnancy; determine the exact duration of pregnancy by the coccyx parietal size of the embryo; determine fetal vitality - the presence of a heartbeat. But the ultrasound doctor must also evaluate everything he saw: the shape and location of the implantation (attachment) of the ovum, the shape and size of the yolk sac, heart rate, etc. Thus, an ultrasound scan in the early stages of pregnancy is justified. This study allows the obstetrician-gynecologist to plan your observation tactics correctly. ”You can register for an ultrasound scan and receptions by calling 8-800-250-24-24 clinics of the Mother and Child Group in Samara, Tolyatti and Novokuybyshevsk - this is one of the largest network of medical centers in the Volga region, providing a full range of family health services. Since May 2013, the IDC Multidisciplinary Center, which has been part of the Group of Companies, has been successfully developing since 1992, having begun its existence with the laparoscopic and infertility treatment operations unique for its time. Our VKontakte group
