Dear parent to be! This application can be used if you want to follow the development of the fetus week by week as seen at 3D ultrasound examinations. By entering information about your pregnancy you can follow what the fetus looks like in other women at the same stage of pregnancy. You can also read about common problems for the specific periods during pregnancy.
You can enter and display measurements that have been done at antenatal care or at home if you have suitable equipment (balance for bodyweight, blood pressure measurement equipment, tape to measure the size of the uterus and dip-stix for measurement of urine content of protein and sugar:
the development of your weight gain compared with that recommended for your specific BMI-class if you have entered you bodyweight and length at beginning of pregnancy
the development of your blood pressure
the development of the size of your uterus (symphysis-fundal height - instructions how to measure is included)
the urine test for albumen (protein) and glucose (sugar)
The meaning and importance of deviations from normal is explained.
You can also record text but not images in this version.
Apparent Parent displays, week by week, the development of the fetus shown as original 3D ultrasound images and films from ultrasound examinations at the Crocus clinic in Linköping, Sweden. Parents have consented in writing and the material is the property of Selbing Medical AB and copyrighted.