Private Antenatal and Delivery Care
Pregnancy Care We give you a blood pressure machine so as you can monitor your own blood pressure at home. We find this method of monitoring is a more accurate method for checking that all is well with your blood pressure. We recommend that from 28 weeks onward you take your blood pressure once per week and after 34 weeks twice a week. The normal values are roughly below 135 for the systolic or top reading and 85 for the diastolic or bottom reading. 6 to 10 weeks Booking visit where we discuss the pregnancy, your health, fears and hopes. Blood tests. Includes a scan of baby. 11 to 14 weeks Nuchal scan and visit to discuss issues raised in previous consultation 18 to 19 weeks Anatomy scan and visit 23 weeks Routine antenatal visit and uterine artery scan if indicated 27 weeks Routine antenatal visit, blood test for haemoglobin level, blood test for glucose and antibody screen and anti D administration if rhesus negative 30 weeks Routine antenatal visit 34 weeks Routine antenatal visit 36 weeks Routine antenatal visit, vaginal swab for Group B streptococcus 37 weeks Routine antenatal visit 38 weeks Routine antenatal visit, preparing for labour discussion with stretch and sweep 39 weeks Routine antenatal visit, and discussions about induction of labour. This is the week that we routinely perform elective Caesarean sections 40 weeks or due date Routine antenatal visit, stretch and sweep, ultrasound for placenta and baby, stretch and sweep option 41 weeks Routine antenatal visit, stretch and sweep option, ultrasound for placenta and baby 41 weeks or more Visit schedule to be arranged on an individual basis, ultrasound for placenta and baby 6 weeks post natal visit