Obstetrics
Pregnancy & Delivery
Pregnancy is an amazing unforgettable journey. Providing support and guidance throughout your nine-month journey is our passion. We believe that every expectant mother deserves a joyful and stress-free pregnancy experience. This is why we offer a dedicated pregnancy package to assist you with each phase of your pregnancy and to prepare you for the birth of your baby.
Our pregnancy package will provide you with a wealth of benefits and services that make this extraordinary nine-month journey a time of comfort and convenience. This will allow you to have antenatal consultations whenever they will be needed. We will offer you an unparalleled level of medical support, by educating and guiding you through the most critical decisions that need to be made prior and during your pregnancy as well as during labor and delivery process since our main goal is ensuring that you and your baby are well cared for.
To ensure the right doctor-patient dynamic, your first appointment will give you the opportunity to meet and ask Dr Digesu the questions that are most important to you.
Consultations
What To Expect
Bringing a new life into the world is an amazing, unforgettable journey. Dr Digesu ensures that you and your baby receive the best of care at every stage. Whether you are a first-time mother or not you are having a normal or a high-risk pregnancy, Dr Digesu is dedicated to making your experience as relaxed, safe and wonderful as possible.
Babies rarely deliver to schedule. Which means occasionally, your antenatal appointments may need to be delayed or rescheduled as Dr Digesu may be delivering and/or assisting another patient giving birth. In such cases, your patience is much appreciated. Dr Digesu will endeavor to inform you as early as possible of holidays – and you can rest assured that you will be well cared for by his covering Consultant Obstetrician, should Dr Digesu be unavailable for any reason.
And since no baby or mother is the same, your consultations will be tailored to suit your needs, so you have the time to ask all the questions you need.
Your first consultation will usually occur between six and eight weeks. After that, Dr Digesu will see you approximately every two to four weeks until around week 32. At this point, you will come every fortnight and in the final four-week stretch, weekly. Should there be any issues at any point, Dr Digesu will increase the frequency of your appointments, and if necessary, arrange for you to be admitted to hospital.
As you approach your third trimester, Dr Digesu will help you prepare for birth, will talk you through what happens during labour, will help you formulating a birth plan and will talk to you about your preferences for pain relief during labour. Dr Digesu will also discuss what may happen in the event of an emergency. Dr Digesu’s goal is to give you everything you need to make it a positive and stress-free experience.
Every time you come, Dr Digesu will conduct a range of tests designed to identify any potential problems as well as perform an ultrasound scan to check the baby growth.
Below is a handy checklist of which test happens when
Initial Tests
- Blood Group and Antibody Status
- Full Blood Count to check for Anaemia
- VDRL (Test for Syphilis)
- Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV
- Rubella Immunity
- Varicella Zoster
- Toxoplasmosis and Cytomegalovirus Antibodies
- Thyroid Test
- Glucose Test
- Vitamin D
- Urine test to check for infection
- Viability Ultrasound Scan
10-13 Weeks
Down’s Syndrome Testing, via Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing and Nuchal Translucency Ultrasound Screening (these tests will be performed in a specialist Fetal Medicine Centre).
18-23 Weeks
Detailed Morphology Ultrasound to detect possible structural abnormalities (this scan will be performed in a specialist Fetal Medicine Centre).
26-28 Weeks
- Repeat Full Blood Count
- Toxoplasmosis and Cytomegalovirus Antibodies
- Diabetes Blood Test (Glucose Tolerance Test)
- Fetal Growth and Wellbeing Ultrasound Scan
- Anti D Immunoglobulin Injection (if mother’s blood group is Rhesus negative)(https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/tme.12091)
- Whooping Couch Vaccine
36-37 Weeks
- Fetal Growth and Wellbeing Ultrasound Scans
- Methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) swab
- Group B Streptococcus swabs
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Clinic appointments: Monday - Friday: 09.00 - 19.30
Dr Alex Digesu is a trading name of Alex Digesu Limited.
Registered office: Lynton House, 7 – 12 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9BQ.
Incorporated in England and Wales.
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