First quarter of pregnancy
As you attend your first maternity consultation, as a rule your healthcare professional will send you to give certain medical examination. Normally you will be checked for following categories:
AIDS
Syphilis
Hepatitis B type and C type
Blood test and hormones test
Rhesus factor test (in case if mum has negative Rhesus factor and father has positive one, it will be necessary to give blood test each 2 weeks).
General biochemical blood test
Vagina test
Urine test
Ultrasound test on 10-12 weeks. At this time it is possible to see how many children over there and to figure out exact period of pregnancy. Also it is possible to find out abnormality, and risky pregnancy (chromosome pathology).
You may be asked to pass following tests: rubella (German measles), herpes, cytomegalovirus infection, toxoplasmosis and Chlamydia trachomatis infection.
Gynecologist will direct you visit: the oculist, physician, otolaryngology specialist, dentist and to do some electrocardiogram (ECG).
Your healthcare provider will measure your weight and pelvis and will take anamnesis information.
You have to visit the gynecologist one a month, each time you will give urine test. This is to evaluate your kidney action.
