How long does it take for the cord blood puncture to produce results?

I believe that many expectant mothers do not know what symptoms the umbilical cord blood puncture is used to check, but seeing the umbilical cord blood should be related to the health of the fetus. In fact, umbilical cord blood puncture is a prenatal examination that extracts the expected blood to determine whether the fetus has chromosomal diseases and diseases such as Down syndrome. Expectant mothers are required to take preoperative care measures before delivery.

How long does it take for the umbilical cord blood puncture to produce results?

About a week. Umbilical cord blood sampling is a method of prenatal diagnosis. What is umbilical cord blood puncture? Simply put, umbilical cord blood test is to puncture the fetal umbilical cord through a needle to obtain umbilical cord blood, which is used to diagnose whether the fetus has chromosomal diseases, especially trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) and trisomy 18. Experts recommend: Pregnant women over 35 years old need to undergo prenatal diagnosis to diagnose whether the fetus has chromosomal diseases.

Umbilical cord puncture is actually a surgery similar to muscle acupuncture. If you relax during the surgery, there will be no obvious pain. At the same time, the operation generally requires to be performed by a doctor with experience and qualifications in prenatal diagnosis. The puncture operation itself is a minor operation with low risk, so there is no need to worry too much.

Umbilical cord blood puncture is a method of prenatal diagnosis, but it is not necessary for everyone.

After visiting the genetic counseling clinic, the doctor determines that pregnant women who need to undergo umbilical cord blood tests include: high-risk cases who missed the amniotic fluid test time and fetal malformation cases, suspected viral infection cases, suspected fetal anemia cases, etc., can all undergo umbilical cord blood tests. For older pregnant women, it is best to do an umbilical cord blood test to detect whether the fetus has chromosomal abnormalities and hereditary blood diseases.

Indications for cord blood puncture are:

1. The patient has indications for amniocentesis and the gestational age exceeds the standard for amniocentesis.

2. To make corrections or remedial diagnosis for pseudochimerism or culture failure in chorionic villus and amniotic fluid cultures.

3. Diagnosis of fetal intrauterine infection.

4. Prenatal diagnosis and risk estimation of fetal blood system diseases, such as hemolytic anemia, autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura, hemophilia, and α and β thalassemia.

Experts remind that the umbilical cord blood puncture technology has now become relatively mature, and expectant mothers do not need to worry too much.