If pregnant women are pregnant, they still add sufficient nutrition. But why is the fetal weight still not up to the standard? Is this dangerous and why is it slow to gain weight?
The cause of fetal growth retardation
Pregnant weight gain slow
1. Causes of fetal weight gain slow due to the mother
Previous medical conditions, for example anemia, high blood pressure, hyperthyroidism, and nutritional disorders prior to pregnancy. Therefore, before becoming pregnant, a woman should go to medical facilities to check if she has these medical conditions.
2. Due to the fetus
For example, the fetus has chromosomal abnormalities, genetic abnormalities ...
3. Causes from pregnant women
As the placenta is smaller in size than normal, it does not perform well the function of taking nutrition from mother to fetus. Or maybe the umbilical cord.
If the umbilical cord has only one artery (instead of the normal two), inadequate delivery of nutrients to the fetus.
How to detect slow growing fetus?
Doctor, Doctor To Mai Xuan Hong - Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy) said that currently, the developed medicine allows early detection of today's fetal abnormalities is quite good. Determining fetal growth retardation: based on measurements and weight of the baby at some point of time. (based on fetal growth chart).
Therefore, pregnant women need regular antenatal care to be able to detect and intervene in time.
Your doctor will have you perform tests such as a Doppler ultrasound. Or pregnant mother will need to check the blood circulation from the placenta to the fetus to know the development of the fetus. If you have any questions about your baby's development, your doctor will recommend measuring your fetal heartbeat and asking you to monitor fetal movements. If the fetal condition in the uterus seems to be severe, you will need an active cesarean section as spontaneous vaginal delivery can be dangerous for mother and baby.
Pregnant weight gain slow
Health risks due to delayed pregnancy
Delayed fetal development leads to dangerous complications such as premature birth, high mortality after birth, lack of amniotic fluid causing stillbirth ... In addition, children with IUGR have to face many other complications after birth such as anemia. , jaundice, poor resistance, unstable body temperature, excess red blood cells, underdeveloped intelligence, high blood pressure, cardiovascular complications ...
The level of risk depends on gestational age, duration of IUGR and level of fetal development delay.
What do you need to do to overcome the slow pregnancy weight gain?
If growth retardation is detected in the second trimester (early onset of growth retardation), the prognosis is usually more severe than detected in the second trimester. The reason is that there are many reasons with the same effects that slow fetal growth very early. In this case, interventions such as amniocentesis are needed to look for chromosomal abnormalities, to see if oxygen is being supplied to the baby?
If developmental delay in the last 3 months of pregnancy is detected (delayed onset of growth retardation), the prognosis may be better. These cases are not caused by the fetus and the mother, but due to some diseases related to the placenta. For example, the placenta no longer has enough nutrients to support pregnancy. The solution is to find ways to increase nutrition, growth medicine to help a healthy pregnancy.
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