Does amniocentesis hurt

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Pregnancy is something every woman has to go through. Now many pregnant women are always unable to take care of themselves. As a result, they have to do amniocentesis. Hearing this name makes people have children. Therefore, many people are asking how amniocentesis is going on and whether it is painful. Let me talk about whether amniocentesis is painful.

Does amniocentesis hurt

First: most people feel only slight pain when they just Pierce, similar to the pain of pricking fingers to get blood. But don't worry, in this process, doctors will carefully avoid the fetus under the monitoring of B ultrasound. Before amniocentesis, doctors will confirm the puncture position by B-ultrasound. After confirming the position, the pregnant woman's abdomen will be coated with some alcohol, covered with a surgical cloth with holes, and pierced into the abdomen with a long needle about 15 cm long from this position. The needle will pass through the abdominal wall and uterine wall in turn.

Second: amniocentesis, also known as "amniocentesis", is one of the prenatal examination items. It obtains information about fetal health and development by extracting amniotic fluid samples from pregnant women. Amniocentesis has been widely used in prenatal diagnosis for more than 40 years. Prenatal diagnosis through amniocentesis has become an integral part of modern obstetrics, and is the most commonly used prenatal diagnosis technology in China.

Third: prenatal amniocentesis, because the prenatal amniotic fluid in the force of the largest proportion of cells, cell culture survival rate is high, can be used for production, staining, fetal chromosome karyotype analysis, chromosome genetic disease diagnosis and sex determination, can also use amniotic fluid cell DNA to make genetic disease diagnosis, metabolic disease diagnosis. Determination of alpha fetoprotein in amniotic fluid can also diagnose fetal open neural tube malformation.

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Amniocentesis in fact does not hurt, generally pregnant women in pregnancy can start to do 12 weeks, but also for more amniotic fluid pregnant women need to do, of course, do not worry. Amniocentesis is generally suitable for prenatal examination in the second trimester of pregnancy, and the best amniocentesis time is 16-24 weeks of pregnancy.