obstetric care services
OBSTETRIC CARE SERVICES
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Herona Community Hospital is a CEmONC facility offering Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care services
these include
CEmONC services include:
- Providing antibiotics, oxytocin,and management of postpartum heamorrhage and all its complications
- management of pre eclampsia with anticonvulsants
- Assisted vaginal delivery
- Manual removal of the placenta
- Removal of retained products of conception
- Newborn care
- Blood transfusion
- Cesarean delivery
our antenatal clinic and high risk obstetric clinic runs every Friday
Pre-conception clinic
There is reliable research evidence that health problems as well as individual and environmental risks contribute to complications during pregnancy, childbirth and after. Before trying for a baby there is an opportunity for you and your partner to improve your health. Our specialists will work with you to optimize your health before the pregnancy so as to avoid potential problems during pregnancy.
Some of the benefits of a preconception clinic are:
- Screening for genetic conditions
- Stabilizing pre-existing medical conditions, e.g. diabetes, high blood pressure etc.
- Reviewing medications you may be on for their safety in pregnancy
- Optimizing weight and general fitness before pregnancy
- Supporting lifestyle changes beneficial to good pregnancy outcome e.g. quitting smoking
- Starting folic acid and other required supplementation
- Discuss what to expect during the pregnancy journey
HERONA ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES
We provide comprehensive monitoring of your health and your baby’s development throughout your pregnancy.
Once pregnant visiting our antenatal clinic is an important way for you to be watchful of both your own and your baby’s health throughout your pregnancy. Antenatal care is also a vital step in helping doctors to identify potential issues with your pregnancy and take action to avoid or treat them. We encourage mothers to schedule their first visit before 12 weeks of pregnancy. At this first antenatal visit our specialist team will perform comprehensive assessment, discuss with you any health concerns identified and develop a healthcare plan for your pregnancy
Routine antenatal clinic
This service is suited for antenatal mothers with no complications or high risk features during the pregnancy. You will be attended by a joint team of midwives and doctors. The visits are well spaced out and coincide with specific milestones in the pregnancy. During this journey we:
- Assess and screen for risks and complications during the pregnancy e.g. assessing for anemia, high blood pressure and diseases such as HIV and hepatitis.
- Track the growth of the baby – we offer 2D, 3D and 4D ultrasound scans. At specified milestones we will explain the exciting details of your baby’s growth and give you copies of your baby’s earliest pictures, even as we thoroughly check for any concerns.
- Health protection – this troubleshoots potential problems. We offer necessary vaccines, travel advice as well as nutritional supplementation when required.
- Health education – we discuss and support you to make healthy choices in pregnancy in terms of right nutrition, rest, activity and exercise.
- Birth preparation – as you get closer to the D-day our team works with you to get you clinically, mentally, emotionally as well as financially ready for the delivery. We will assist you choose from our several friendly financial packages what best suits you.
HIGH RISK ANTENATAL CLINIC
What is a high risk pregnancy?
A high risk pregnancy is where you or your baby are at increased risk of health challenges during or after delivery. Some of the circumstances that may increase your risk are:
- Pregnancy history: history of conditions such as three or more pregnancy losses, preeclampsia, preterm birth or diabetes puts you at higher risk of the same diagnosis in future pregnancies
- Complications in the current pregnancy: risks can emerge during pregnancy such as slowed growth of the fetus, rhesus blood group incompatibility or bleeding from a low-lying placenta
- Multiple pregnancies: carrying more than one baby is associated with unique challenges different from singleton pregnancies. For example, there is a higher risk of smaller-for-gestation babies, premature birth, high blood pressure and diabetes.
- Maternal health problems: having medical conditions such as heart disease, thyroid, epilepsy, poorly controlled asthma or diabetes, high blood pressure or kidney disease increases likelihood of pregnancy complication. This may be from the effects of the condition itself or from medications used to manage it.
- Lifestyle: Use of drugs such as tobacco, sheesha, cannabis, alcohol, heroin and cocaine all have a harmful effect on a pregnancy. Obesity and inactivity also can cause pregnancy complications
- Genetic conditions: being affected or being a carrier of certain genetic conditions such as sickle cell, thalassemia, glucose-6-phosphate deficiency may convey a risk of complications during pregnancy or a risk of passing the condition on to the baby.
What care do we offer for high risk pregnancies?
Going through a high risk pregnancy has its ups and downs which can be draining physically, emotionally and financially. High risk pregnancies is will require special monitoring or care during pregnancy. This requires a coordinated approach by consultants and specialists in various fields. For example, an expectant lady with kidney disease requires her kidney specialist to work together with the obstetrician. This is called multidisciplinary care. It also require facilities for specialized care to be available if required. An example of such facilities is the newborn intensive care unit (NICU), adult intensive care units (ICU), and adult and newborn high dependency units (HDU).
Caring for high risk pregnancies may require:
- Preconception assessment
- Closer antenatal visits
- Specialized screening e.g. performing genetic tests or specialized ultrasound scans
- Interventions, for example, early delivery for severe high blood pressure
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Contact us on
+256701145732
or email
heronahospital76@gmail.com