Nowadays, the opening of the two-child policy has attracted the attention of many netizens, and for couples who want to have a second child, they are even more ecstatic. However, for senior women, giving birth to a second child is not so easy as imagined, and many older women have begun to worry about their own birth of a second child will be as easy as in the beginning, the experts said that in recent years, the level of medical science has improved, and the medical equipment is also becoming more and more Advanced, before giving birth to a second child, it is necessary for female friends to go to a regular hospital for a detailed examination, so as to avoid worries. So, what kind of examination should be done to have a second child?
Women should do the following kinds of tests before giving birth:
1. Diabetes screening. Parents or immediate family members with diabetes, pre-pregnancy overweight, polycystic ovary syndrome, and gestational diabetes in the first child should be screened for diabetes at the first obstetric examination for the second child. A glucose screening test should also be performed at about 24 weeks of pregnancy if there are no high-risk factors.
2. Monitor blood pressure. Pregnant women of advanced age are prone to gestational hypertension. Keep a sphygmomanometer at home and monitor your blood pressure once a day at the same time of day, and go to the hospital as soon as possible if you have a headache, swollen legs, or elevated blood pressure.
3. Ultrasound. Second-trimester pregnant women should have at least 2?3 ultrasounds during pregnancy, not only to understand the development of the fetus and determine whether it can be delivered naturally, but also to rule out serious malformations, such as structural malformations of the heart and brain.
4. Fetal heart monitoring. In the second month of pregnancy, the second pregnant women should pay special attention to the fetal movement, and those who have the conditions should do a weekly fetal heart monitoring, in order to understand the situation of the fetus.
Warm reminder:
Women should pay attention to their own physical condition during the preparatory period, and in their daily life, they should develop good habits, often exercise to increase their own immunity, and at the same time, both husband and wife should be relaxed mentality, quit smoking, quit drinking, healthy life, and natural conception. With a relaxed mindset to deal with the birth of the second child, so that you can make the healthy birth of a small child.
It is also important to be psychologically prepared for the birth of a second child!
1. General Preparation: Both husband and wife should set up the correct concept of pregnancy and childbirth, and complete the preparation of career and family first, to avoid bad mood in the later stage.
2. Preparation of the woman: Among the six aspects, the psychological preparation of the woman is very important. Producing a second child is likely to result in the suspension or interruption of one's career for a period of time. Two children will inevitably create more pressure to raise them. If a career woman intends to go home to be a full-time wife for her child, she will inevitably give up a part of her life and social circle. For the change of roles, the woman must be debugged well in advance.
3. Preparation of the man: In the process of giving birth to a woman, the economic burden of the family may have to let the man bear more. If you don't prepare for this in advance, the stress of life will affect the man's psyche.
4. Elderly preparation: Determine whether the elderly can accept this decision, and depending on the physical strength, agree on whether the elderly to bring up the child. If there is no prior communication, then when the second child is born, the process of raising the child will be more troublesome.
5. Preparation of the eldest child: Besides the mother, the psychological preparation of the eldest child is also very important. It is important to convince the eldest son that the coming of a younger brother or sister will not deprive the parents of their love for him.
Warm reminder:
Many female friends often feel that before the birth of a child has been experienced, so pregnant with a second child do not have to put too much attention, in fact, this idea is wrong, because the birth of a second child, the woman's age, and some even high-risk maternal, but more attention to the maternity examination to be good, in order to avoid fetal anomalies.