Patient's question:
This is my first child, and I am also pregnant for the first time, so I don't know much. I am currently 15 weeks pregnant, and I haven't had a prenatal checkup yet. I know that prenatal checkups are necessary during pregnancy, but I don't know when to have my first prenatal checkup?Doctor's answer:
When is the first prenatal examination done? If your menstrual cycle was normal and regular before, and after normal sexual activity, if you do not get your period during the expected time, you can consider it as pregnancy and first go to the hospital for blood tests to check progesterone and blood hCG to determine if you are pregnant. Under normal circumstances, you can have a detailed ultrasound examination between weeks 6 and 13 of pregnancy. Based on the position of the gestational sac, it can be determined whether it is an intrauterine pregnancy, and then whether the fetal growth and development are normal.