Prenatal Check-Up #5

Our regular OB is on vacation in Hawaii so today we met with another CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife) for my 5th prenatal check-up. 

I'm now 26 weeks, 4 days. The size of my belly is 26cm, which is normal, matching the week of my pregnancy. The baby's heartbeat is about 120 per minute. The nurse taught us how to do "kick counts", which is counting any fetal movements within a certain amount of time. I'm likely to feel 10 movements within an hour or at least 10 times within two-hour frame. 

I also need to do the screening for gestational diabetes (high blood sugar). I had to drink a bottle of glucola and stayed at the lab, then had my blood drawn after exactly one hour. The test came back normal so no further testing is needed.

I also had a CBC blood test (Complete Blood Count) and it turned out that I'm low on RBC (Red Blood Cells) and HCT (Hematocrit). Both components are below the standard ranges, but the doctor said it is okay, pregnant women tend to low on these two, no action needed at this time. 

我們的婦產科醫生去夏威夷度假去了，所以今天第五次的產檢是看另一位助產護士(CNM)。

我現在是孕期第26週4天，肚子的尺寸是26公分，正常，符合我懷孕的週數。Baby的心跳聲大慨是每分鐘120下。這護士教我們怎麼計算胎動，就是在固定的時間內算胎兒在肚子裡動了幾下。通常應該一小時內要感覺到十次的胎動，或是至少兩小時的時間裡要有十次。

我也需要做妊娠糖尿病(高血糖)的檢驗。我必須喝一罐的glucola糖水，待在醫院裡，然後一個小時後抽血。檢驗結果是正常，所以不需要再有更多的檢查。

我也有抽血做血液常規檢查(CBC)，檢查結果顯示我的紅血球數(RBC)和血球容積比(HCT)比較低。兩樣都在正常範圍以下，但是醫生說沒關係，孕婦通常都會低一點，不需要做什麼。