Pregnancy check ups

Pregnancy check-ups and Sonography schedules:

Weeks 4 -28:      1 visit a month

Weeks 28 – 36: visit every 2 weeks

Weeks 36 – 40: visit every week.

  • The first visit (6-7 weeks of the pregnancy)
  • Routine blood and urine work up
  • Early pregnancy sonography for the cardiac activity

 

Second visit: 11 – 13 weeks

  • Screening for chromosomal abnormalities by a combined sonogram and blood work up.
  • NTS scan
  • Blood: Double Marker test
  • The other screening tests or definitive tests depending on special observations
  • Quadruple marker test
  • NIPT
  • Chorion villous sampling or amniocentesis

The third visit: 18 – 19 weeks (Level 2 anomaly scan)

The fourth visit: 23 – 24 weeks

  • Fetal echocardiography for a detailed fetal cardiac evaluation.
  • Routine tests are done once again including tests for gestational diabetes.

The fifth visit: 28 – 2 weeks: Growth scan Doppler if indicated

  • Further visits, 32 weeks onwards till 40 weeks
  • Each visit would include
  • Weight pulse, BP monitoring
  • Measuring the growth of the baby and it’s heart beats
  • Checking for any swelling or abnormal signs or symptoms

36 – 40 weeks:

  • Last Doppler sonographies
  • Regular NSTs.