Can pregnant mother's body withstand prenatal examination and draw so much blood? You will understand after reading this article.

Mothers who have given birth to babies know that there will be various blood tests during prenatal examination, and some even draw several tubes of blood at a time, even more than a dozen tubes, which makes many mothers very worried. Can your body stand it with so much blood?

A treasure mother said: She used to draw 1 1 tube blood during the prenatal examination, but by the time of the ninth tube, the blood vessels had shriveled and the blood could no longer be drawn. She was frightened, and when she got home, she took various supplements for fear that too much blood would do harm to her health.

In fact, although there are many blood vessels, each tube is only 2-3ml, and 10 tubes add up to only 20ml-30ml, while women have 30-80ml of menstrual bleeding every month, so the blood drawn during prenatal examination seems to be less exaggerated than mom imagined, so mothers don't have to worry about what impact excessive blood loss will have on their bodies.

In addition, my mother mentioned the problem of blood vessels being drained. If this mother is an elderly woman, then we all know that the hematocrit in the mother's body may increase in the second trimester, and the blood flow rate is slow and the blood reflux is slow. If the blood is sticky, it may drain the blood vessels and the blood will not come out. But mothers don't have to worry, this doesn't mean that it will cause any harm to the body.

Why do you have to draw blood repeatedly during pregnancy?

In fact, every time my mother draws blood, the purpose is different. Sometimes I will draw blood to understand my mother's physical condition and see if my mother is healthy. Sometimes they will draw blood to check some diseases that are easy to get during pregnancy, such as Down syndrome and glucose tolerance. Of course, the main reason for frequent and repeated blood drawing is that with the progress of pregnancy, Ma Bao's body will undergo some adaptive or pathological changes. Some of these changes have a long incubation period, and mothers may not find them for the first time. Therefore, it is necessary to draw blood frequently to ensure the health of the mother by checking the relevant indicators in the blood items.

The following are some common blood tests for mothers during pregnancy:

routine blood test

It is very necessary for a mother to have a routine blood test during pregnancy. Take the examination of hemoglobin and red blood cells in routine blood examination as an example: during pregnancy, hemoglobin and red blood cells can carry oxygen molecules and provide oxygen for the baby through blood circulation. When hemoglobin and red blood cells in the blood decrease, Ma Bao may suffer from hypoxia and dehydration, and in severe cases, anemia may occur. Mild anemia has little effect on Ma Bao, but if anemia is serious, it will have a greater impact on the mother, such as premature delivery, low birth weight and other serious consequences. At the same time, blood routine can also judge whether Ma Bao's body is infected and whether there is the possibility of blood diseases. Therefore, we must not be lazy in this exam and finish it on time.

Blood group test

In early pregnancy, mothers are usually asked to take blood tests for blood types. This is to cope with the treatment of hemorrhagic diseases that may occur during pregnancy and childbirth, and blood group testing can prevent hemolysis of newborns in advance.

liver function

After the mother is pregnant, the liver has to deal with not only its own waste, but also the waste generated by the baby, so the burden on the liver is very heavy. Checking the liver function on time is to determine whether the mother's liver is normal or not, and to avoid damage to the liver function during pregnancy. If it appears, it is also good and remedial.

screening for gestational diabetes mellitus

When the mother is about 24 -28 weeks pregnant, she should have a "sugar screening", which is short for gestational diabetes screening. This examination can help her diagnose the risk of pregnancy complicated with diabetes.