Necessity of antenatal checks

January-March this year, Shaanxi Provincial Hospital for prenatal check out over more than 30 cases of fetal malformation. Doctors warned that pregnant women at high risk of hereditary factors such as easy to cause fetal abnormalities of 5 things, so do antenatal checks are necessary.

According to Shaanxi Province hospital b Super room Deputy physician Mu Shigang describes, caused fetal malformation of factors many, such as hereditary high risk factors of pregnant women, as 35 aged above pregnant women; has fetal malformation family history or yiqian delivery had malformation infants who; couples itself suffers from congenital defects who, as spinal crack, and congenital heart disease,; couples suffers from diabetes who; during pregnancy especially pregnant early (3 months within) contact had caused by during orthodontic material, as-Ray, and pesticide, and alcohol, or taking has contraceptives, and anti-epilepsy drug, pregnant early maternal infection (as rubella virus infection),.

Both men and women should stop smoking before pregnancy, alcohol, avoid exposure to toxic substances, and avoid catching a cold. For pregnant women, the doctor recommends prenatal checkup. Under normal circumstances, at least in 11th-14 weeks of pregnancy, 18-24 weeks, 38-40 weeks to a regular hospital checks.