Our Services
Mother & Baby
Obstetric Ultrasound
A routine part of your 3fivetwo antenatal care package includes an extensive ultrasound service. This will include an early pregnancy scan, nuchal scan, detailed normality scan and fetal cardiac scan (carried out by Consultant cardiologist Dr F Casey). 4D ultrasound is also available.
Early pregnancy Scan: performed at 8-10 weeks
This scan will help determine the presence of a heartbeat, multiple embryos and indicate gestational age. If your Obstetrician is concerned about a possible ectopic pregnancy or in the very early stages of pregnancy, a trans-vaginal scan may be carried out from 6 weeks. Preparation: Please attend your appointment with a full bladder, to improve image quality.
Nuchal Translucency Scan: performed at 11 weeks - 13 weeks
Provides more detailed information including measurement of the ‘nuchal fold’ or ‘nuchal translucency’ which are used as indicators for the presence of Down's syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities. Another indicator for Down's syndrome can be a small or abscent nasal bone. The results from the scan are then correlated with data from Kings College Hospital to provide your individual risk.
You may then be offered CVS (chorionic villous sample) at 12 weeks, or an amniocentesis at 16 weeks. These tests are invasive, but provide definitive information about the presence of fetal abnormality.
Detailed Normality scan: performed at 18-20 weeks
This scan will provide detailed information of the baby's major organs and any structural abnormalities present. The sex of your baby may also be determined at this point. Your Obstetrician and/or Ultrasonographer will be looking closely at the following:
- Face
- Spine – for any signs of spina bifida.
- Head – to check its shape and brain development.
- Limbs – to check the bones are present and for any signs of club foot.
- Chest and abdomen including kidneys, stomach and bladder.
- Heartbeat and structure of the heart
- Position of the placenta and amount of amniotic fluid present.
Fetal Cardiac scan : performed at 22-23 weeks
This scan is carried out by a paediatric Cardiologist and is used solely to image the baby's heart to identify the presence of congenital defects or cardiac abnormalities.
Consultants: (click name to view bio)
- Dr Caroline Bailie
Dr Caroline Bailie
Royal Jubilee Maternity Service
Dr Carolyn Bailie is a Consultant Obstetrician and Subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine at the Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital. She is a graduate of Queen?s University, Belfast and as part of her training in maternal and fetal medicine spent one year in Galveston, Texas. Referrals would be welcome for preconceptual counselling, prenatal screening and diagnosis and fetal anomaly scanning. - Dr Alyson Hunter
Dr Alyson Hunter
- Dr Suresh Tharma
Dr Suresh Tharma
Royal Jubilee Maternity & Belfast City Hospitals
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist in Belfast City Hospital (Gynaecology) & Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital (Obstetrics).
His special interests includes High risk Obstetrics and Minimal Access Surgery and Prolapse Surgery in Gynaecology.
He offers privately:- Antenatal Care, Prenatal Screening & Diagnosis, Fetal Anomaly Scanning, Minimal Access Surgery for Pelvic Pain, Endometriosis & Benign Gynaecology, Specialist management of Prolapse & Incontinence, General Gynaecology & Pelvic Screening
- Dr S Ong
Dr S Ong
- Dr David Glenn
Dr David Glenn
Dr Glenn offers private Obstetric & Gynaecology services from our consulting rooms at 352 Lisburn road. These include a full private anetenatal package.
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist in the Ulster Hospital, Belfast.
(Lead Clinician for Gynae-Oncology in the South Eastern HSC Trust).
Dr Glenn received his medical training at QUB, Belfast, qualifying in 1993. He gained the Diploma from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1996, the Diploma in Family Planning in 1997 and became a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1999. He is a UK trainer in pelvic floor surgery and sits on the Executive Board of the Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Organization.
Having worked extensively throughout the six major teaching hospitals in N Ireland, including an elective year in a general surgical rotation, Dr Glenn further developed his medical expertise as a research fellow in the Department of Medicine (QUB). His research in the area of infertility received both local and national acclaim and won him The Blair Bell prize.
His special interests in Obstetrics include Operative Obstetrics and Emergency Obstetric Care and in Gynaecology include Minimal Access Surgery, Prolapse Surgery, Infertility and Gynae-Oncology.
Dr Glenn's private services include:
Antenatal Care: This is an extensive Consultant led package which includes Nuchal screening, Fetal Cardiac Scanning by a Consultant Cardiologist, 4D Ultrasound Scanning, regular antenatal assessments and post-natal Consultant Paediatric Assessment of the Newborn. Dr Glenn facilitates all his private deliveries at the Ulster Hospital Maternity Unit
Gynaecology:Minimal Access Surgery for Heavy Periods, Pelvic Pain, Ovarian Cysts and Endometriosis, Laparoscopic ("Key-Hole") Hysterectomy, Hysteroscopic ("no wound") Sterilization under Local Anaesthetic, Specialist Management of Prolapse & Incontinence, General Gynaecology, Pelvic Screening and Infertility investigations & treatments.
