9 AI Prompts for Your Second Trimester

I am having, or just had, my anatomy ultrasound at [WEEKS] weeks. I am [AGE]. Results so far: [RESULTS OR NOT YET]. Earlier screening results: [EARLIER SCREENING OR NONE]. 1. What does the scan check, and what can it not find? 2. What is the detection rate for major structural anomalies, and how does it vary by type and by factors such as BMI and the baby's position? 3. What is a soft marker, and what does a single isolated marker mean in real numbers at my age, especially if my earlier screening was low risk? 4. Which findings change care, and which usually resolve or mean little? 5. What follow-up may be offered, and why? 6. List questions to ask the sonographer or my doctor.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

Explain gestational diabetes screening at [WEEKS] weeks. My risk factors: [RISK FACTORS, FOR EXAMPLE BMI, FAMILY HISTORY, PRIOR GESTATIONAL DIABETES]. My result, if I have one: [RESULT OR NOT YET]. 1. How do the one-step and two-step tests work, and how should I prepare? 2. What are the cutoff numbers, and why do different guidelines use different ones? 3. What is my absolute risk given my risk factors? 4. What does a diagnosis change for me and for the baby, in absolute numbers? 5. If I am diagnosed, what are the usual glucose targets, fasting and after meals? 6. What does treatment involve, and when is medication needed?How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

I am [WEEKS] weeks pregnant. Pre-pregnancy BMI: [BMI]. Recent blood pressure readings: [READINGS]. Weight gained so far: [WEIGHT GAIN]. 1. What is the recommended weight gain for my BMI, in total and per week in the second and third trimesters? Am I on track? 2. Which blood pressure readings matter in pregnancy, and which value should prompt a call or emergency care? 3. When should I start to feel the baby move, and when does movement become regular? 4. Which other numbers matter now (for example glucose results, hemoglobin)? Give the value that should prompt a call, not the words high or low.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

I am [WEEKS] weeks pregnant. This is my [FIRST OR LATER] pregnancy. Placenta position, if known: [PLACENTA POSITION]. 1. When should regular movement start, and how does that differ in a first pregnancy and with a placenta on the front wall of the uterus (anterior placenta)? 2. How should I track movement, and does the evidence support formal kick counting? 3. What does a real decrease look like, compared with normal variation? 4. At what exact point does reduced movement need a same-day call or an immediate visit? 5. Which myths should I ignore, such as drinking cold water and waiting? 6. What will the care team do if I come in?How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

I am [WEEKS] weeks pregnant with this history: [HISTORY, FOR EXAMPLE PRIOR PRETERM BIRTH, CERVICAL SURGERY, TWINS, SHORT CERVIX, OR NONE]. 1. What is my absolute risk of preterm birth before 37 weeks and before 34 weeks? 2. What raises and what lowers that risk? 3. Which steps have real evidence for someone like me: cervical length screening, vaginal progesterone, cerclage, low-dose aspirin, or others? Give the absolute benefit. 4. Which commonly used steps lack evidence, such as bed rest? 5. List the warning signs of early labor and what to do.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

I was offered [TEST] this trimester. My situation: [WEEKS, AGE, PRIOR RESULTS]. Write the questions to ask before I agree: 1. What does this test look for, and is it screening or diagnostic? 2. What is the absolute benefit for someone like me? 3. What are the risks, including false positives and follow-up procedures? 4. What would a result change in my care? 5. What happens if I decline? 6. What are the alternatives? Write them so I can read them aloud, then answer each one from the evidence.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

My ultrasound at [WEEKS] weeks shows [THE FINDING, FOR EXAMPLE LOW-LYING PLACENTA, SMALL OR LARGE ESTIMATED SIZE, BREECH POSITION, AMNIOTIC FLUID LEVEL]. 1. Explain what this means at this stage of pregnancy. 2. How likely is it to change or resolve by delivery, in absolute numbers? 3. How accurate are ultrasound estimates of size and fluid? 4. What follow-up is usually done, and what would actually change care? 5. Separate findings that matter from those that usually resolve on their own. 6. List questions for my care team.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

I am [WEEKS] weeks pregnant with [SYMPTOM], since [WHEN], severity [MILD, MODERATE, OR SEVERE]. 1. Which second-trimester aches are expected, such as round ligament pain, back pain, and leg cramps? 2. Which need a call to my care team? 3. Which are emergencies, such as signs of preeclampsia, preterm labor, or a blood clot? 4. Give specific thresholds for each (blood pressure values, number of contractions per hour, type of pain). 5. What safely relieves the expected aches, with evidence?How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

I am in my second trimester. My details: [DETAILS, FOR EXAMPLE WORK, EXERCISE ROUTINE, TRAVEL PLANS, ANY COMPLICATIONS]. 1. What does the evidence say about exercise: how much, which types, and when to stop? 2. Is sex safe for me, and are there situations when it is not? 3. Which work conditions matter (long hours standing, heavy lifting, night shifts, exposures)? 4. Travel: until which week is flying usually allowed, what do airlines require, how do I lower blood clot risk, and what should travel insurance cover? 5. Which destinations should I avoid, such as areas with Zika? Give specific guidance with numbers, not blanket caution.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.