Our services
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These are the services that we offer within the Twins Trust Centre for Research and Clinical Excellence:
Antenatal screening:
- Combined first trimester screening
- NIPT (non-invasive prenatal testing)
Prenatal diagnosis:
- Amniocentesis
- Chorionic villous sampling (CVS)
Routine assessment of fetal growth, anatomy, and blood flow by experienced twin sonographers
- Schedule of scans for dichorionic twins, monochorionic twins, triplet pregnancies
Specialist twin midwife appointments throughout the pregnancy
- Schedule of midwifery visits: dichorionic twins, monochorionic twins, triplet pregnancies.
Specialist perinatal mental health support
Specialist breast feeding support
Detailed fetal medicine ultrasound by fetal medicine experts
Detailed fetal echocardiography by fetal cardiologists
Fetal therapies:
- Fetoscopic laser treatment for twin-twin-transfusion syndrome (TTTS) and twin-anaemia polycythaemia sequence (TAPS)
- Selective reduction for higher order pregnancies
- Selective termination for babies with abnormalities
- Placement of fetal shunts for excess fluid in the lungs or severely distended bladders
- Intrauterine blood transfusion for fetal anaemia
Fetal MRI scans
Rescue cervical cerclage for twins with open cervix who are not in labour
Specialist consultations with neonatologists and paediatric surgeons before delivery
Tour of our delivery suite and maternity unit
Tour of our advanced neonatal units
Advanced neonatal care for extremely premature babies and facilities for surgeries for newborn babies with abnormalities
Tour of our delivery suite and maternity unit
