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The article is professionally consulted by MSc, BS. Nguyen Ngoc Tu, Obstetrics and Gynecology Center, Vinmec Times City International Hospital12 weeks of pregnancy is an extremely important time in the development process, at this time, mothers need to go to antenatal care to ultrasound the fetus and do necessary tests to evaluate the development of the fetus. fetus, accurate gestational age as well as due date. At the same time, through 4D fetal ultrasound, the mother will see the image of the baby.
4D fetal ultrasound at 12 weeks of pregnancy is a very important milestone, thanks to the ultrasound image, the doctor will know the exact information about the nuchal translucency, examine the abnormal signs. of chromosomes as well as the potential to lead to serious diseases in the baby in the future such as: Down disease, diaphragmatic hernia, heart malformations, limb malformations,...
4D fetal ultrasound at this time also Help doctors can accurately determine the age of the fetus and give the due date of the baby. In particular, the size indicators of the fetus as will be clearly shown through 4D fetal ultrasound when the fetus is 12 weeks old include:
The length of the fetus from the top of the head to the top of the rump is about 5.4cm. The baby weighs about 58g. Heart rate fluctuates between 120-160 beats/minute. Place where the placenta attaches to the mother's uterine wall At 12 weeks of age, the fetus can weigh nearly 58 grams and be about 5.4 cm long. Body parts have become more complete and joints have become stronger. With the fetal spine clearly formed, the neural tubes in the spine begin to stretch from the spinal cord. Fetal neurons and synapses develop rapidly in the brain. The fetal heart will also beat twice as fast as the mother's heart rate. Separated fingers, toes and fingerprints also appear faintly on the 4D fetal ultrasound image. From 12 weeks of age, your baby has developed relatively fully in terms of morphology and has reflexes such as bending and stretching the body, stretching the limbs... This is also one of the 03 important ultrasound milestones that are detected. recommended by experts. During this ultrasound, doctors will especially check and screen for early abnormalities of the brain, face, heart, digestive, urinary, extremities and the whole body.
Because your baby is still quite small, a high-end 4D ultrasound system like the GE Voluson E10 will play a very important role in helping doctors at Vinmec detect more than 95% of abnormalities in this period. Packed with the latest technologies, the GE Voluson E10 enables enhanced image quality and penetration for outstanding high-resolution images and easy operation.
It can be seen that conducting an ultrasound at 12 weeks pregnant is extremely important because the next signs will not be obvious in the following weeks. Therefore, if the ultrasound is delayed by about 12 weeks, then the ultrasound results will no longer be accurate. In addition, early, timely and accurate detection of pregnancy abnormalities will greatly help pregnant women in conducting examinations and considering the choice of whether to continue the pregnancy or not or contribute to timely treatment. When complications or unexpected cases occur to the pregnant mother and the fetus.
