Patient's question:
Doctor, at 34 weeks + 5, it was found that the S/D value was 4. After 5 days of intravenous treatment (Vitamin C and Salvia miltiorrhiza), the follow-up results dropped to 2.64. I have now been discharged. I would like to ask whether the S/D value will rise after stopping medication, how to know if the fetus is normal inside the mother and whether its development is affected, and whether it is necessary to do frequent ultrasound examinations. In addition to ultrasound examinations, are there any other methods to determine if the S/D value is normal?Doctor's answer:
??????Hello, before 24 weeks of pregnancy, the S/D value of the umbilical artery is between 2.5-4.0. At 16 weeks of pregnancy, your baby's umbilical artery S/D of 3.14 is within the normal range, indicating that the fetus is not experiencing hypoxia. It is recommended that you undergo the triple screen test between 16-20 weeks of pregnancy to rule out fetal chromosomal abnormalities.