Perinatology Clinic:
This specialist’s clinical expertise is used for direct patient care and for consulting with obstetrical colleagues to plan for the care of mothers who have high-risk pregnancies.
High-risk pregnancy is any pregnancy that carries increased health risks for the pregnant women, fetus or both. Mothers with high-risk pregnancies may need extra care before, during and after they give birth. This helps to reduce the possibility of complications.
Counseling services of Perinatology Clinic are include:
- Before pregnancy
- During pregnancy
- After delivery
The pre-pregnancy services:
People with many preexisting conditions have increased health risks during pregnancy. Some of these conditions include:
- Age (being over 35 or under 17 when pregnant)
- Being overweight or underweight
- Having had problems in previous pregnancies such as: Birth defects or Genetic conditions in the fetus and Intrauterine fetal demise
- Pre-existing health conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney or thyroid disease
Serious complications during a high-risk pregnancy can include:
Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Preterm delivery, Low or high birth weight, Birth defects, Miscarriage, Stillbirth,…
During pregnancy services are include:
- Regular, accurate periodic visits and examinations.
- Prenatal ultrasounds and screening during the pregnancy.
- Amniotic fluid sampling (amniocentesis) and chorionic villus sampling (CVS).
- Non-stress tests (NST) and Tocodynamometers is electronic devices for monitoring and recording uterine contractions.
- Echocardiography of the fetal heart.
After pregnancy services:
Post-partum check-up like: periodical check-ups and Pap smear.
High risk pregnancy clinic (Perinatology) of the Royan infertility center with high level ultrasound devices, NST, TOCO devices and also the presence of an experienced perinatology specialist, fetal cardiologist and competent experts will provide complete services for the infertile couple.