Medical Services:

Fetal Medicine Center:

Most pregnancies are uncomplicated and result in the birth of a normal healthy baby. However some pregnancies require additional care for either the mother or her unborn baby (fetus) from a specialist Fetal Medicine Center.

The centre offers diagnosis and treatment of complications which may arise in unborn babies. It is renowned for developing and providing state of the art fetal medicine procedures for mothers and babies and provides the following services:

	Detailed ultrasound scanning (in the first, second and third trimesters) for the diagnosis and confirmation of fetal abnormality.
	Fetal cardiac (heart) ultrasound scanning for the screening and diagnosis of fetal heart abnormality (between 11-14 weeks and at > 18 weeks).
	Investigation, therapy and management of suspected or known fetal abnormality.
	Provision of rapid fetal karyotyping by amniocentesis, Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) service and amniocentesis (the largest number of procedures performed in the West Midlands).
	The treatment of pregnancies with Rhesus disease and other causes of severe fetal anaemia requiring in-utero transfusion of the baby.
	Diagnosis and treatment of Feto-fetal transfusion (twin-twin transfusion syndrome) syndrome, offering fetoscopic laser ablation.
	Pre-pregnancy counselling service for women with previous fetal abnormality.
	Combined fetal medicine / genetics clinic.

These services are provided by a dedicated team of accredited subspecialist Fetal Medicine doctors (accredited by the RCOG), sonographers and supported by nursing assistants and administrative staff.