Early Pregnancy Care Package
Our Early Pregnancy Care Package provides support and care in those early months.
Who is it for?
Women who have just discovered they are pregnant and are in their first trimester (first 3 months of pregnancy)
Why Have Early Pregnancy Care?
The first trimester, is a challenging time for the fetus and the mother. The fetus is maturing quickly and your body is starting to adapt to it’s pregnant state. Our Early Pregnancy Care Package is designed to give you the confidence, support,and guidance you need in this period. We undertake the all important first trimester fetal checks as well as checking the mother’s well-being too. Our consultants are here to answer your concerns and, with our scanning facility, are able to check on the baby regularly and as needed.
What does it Involve?
The early pregnancy care package includes:
- Consultation and early pregnancy scan with consultatant gynaecologist (6+weeks)
- Consultation and early pregnancy scan with consultatant gynaecologist (8+weeks)
- NIPT (10 weeks)
- Nuchal translucency combined test (from 11 weeks and 4days to 13 weeks and 6 days)*
- Pregnancy nutritional consultation with nutritional therapist
- Early pregnancy book
Additional Costs & Exclusions
It is important that the NIPT and Nuchal translucency scan are performed at 10 and 12 weeks otherwise a further charge of £100 may be incurred.
If antenatal bloods are required, these will be charged at additional cost of £540 (antenatal bloods include; full blood count, blood glucose, thyroid function, haemoglobin electrophoresis, syphilis, rubella,toxoplasma, hepatitis C Abs, varicella zoster, HIV, hepatitis B, vitamin D, CMV, urine culture, blood group and rhesus type).
In certain circumstances an additional scan may be required, if this is performed by the Portland Hospital ultrasound unit an additional charge will be incurred by The Portland Hospital directly, if performed at London Gynaecology, this will cost £160.
It may be necessary to charge for incremental consultations, in these circumstances these will be confirmed beforehand.
Urine dipstix and blood pressure will be measured at every visit to London Gynaecology, however if the urine dipstick test shows and abnormality the sample may meed to be sent to the laboratory for further testing for infection and this incurs an extra charge.
*Tests undertaken in partnership with the Fetal Medicine Centre, Harley Street, London.
COSTS
- £310 Consultation & Early Pregnancy Scan
- £160 Sonographer led Early Pregnancy Scan
- £1420 Early Pregnancy Care Package