Health In The Community: Black Leaders Awareness Day
This year, July 18th marks Black Leaders Awareness Day. The event is set aside to celebrate the accomplishments and experience the wisdom of past, current and next-generation figureheads in the black community. These pioneers have worked tirelessly to improve diversity and inclusivity across the globe in multiple industries. We want to ensure they remain at … Continue reading
Can Harmony/NIPT screening be performed in Twin Pregnancies?
The answer is Yes! Ladies with a viable twin pregnancy can also have Harmony screening performed to assess for the risk of Downs, Edwards and Patau Syndromes, with greater accuracy than standard screening tests. This applies to both natural conception and IVF pregnancies and can be performed from as early as 10 weeks gestation. Fetal … Continue reading
Menopause Isn’t Just A Woman’s Problem: Let’s Talk About LGBTQ+ Health
Menopause poses multiple problems and concerns for billions of people over the world. It is important that we talk about LGBTQ+ health in relation to menopause and other issues. Being Pride Month, we couldn’t think of a better time to re-spark a true, open conversation. Our experts have been discussing the struggles that transgender men … Continue reading
The Surrey Park Clinic Donating To Sands – Helping Grieving Families
This June, The Surrey Park Clinic is donating 5% of all revenue from pregnancy scans booked at the clinic to Sands, a charity that helps grieving families following the death of a baby. This is part of our ongoing commitment to support local communities and families on their journey to parenthood. Sands provides vital support … Continue reading
Why We Need To Break The Stigma Around Counselling & Therapy
Mental health has often been viewed as a taboo topic, and many people feel uncomfortable discussing it. This is especially true when it comes to counselling and therapy. There are many misconceptions about these services, and people often think that they are only for “crazy” people. This could not be further from the truth! In … Continue reading
Why Is The Pelvic Floor So Important?
I’m sure you’ve heard of the pelvic floor. If you’ve had children, you were probably told, in passing, to ‘do your pelvic floor exercises’, maybe without any other instruction or explanation. It’s not just after babies that the pelvic floor is important, however. Women, and men, can experience pelvic floor issues at any stage in … Continue reading
Why You Should Be Celebrating International Women’s Day 2022
Tuesday 8th March is set this year for International Women’s Day 2022. It is a worldwide event that celebrates the achievements of women. Since the early 1900s, we have been recognising the political, economic and social accolades of women all over and using this as a time to strive for gender equality. As specialists in … Continue reading
Can I have more than one embryo put back during embryo transfer?
We promoted the ‘One at a Time’ in 2007 to tackle the high multiple birth rate following IVF treatment. We aim for a single embryo transfer with our patients to reduce the risk of multiple pregnancies as this can come with increased risks to mother and baby. We discuss the single embryo transfer policy where … Continue reading
Harmony screening / NIPT
Harmony screening is a non-invasive screening test for certain Chromosomal abnormalities (Downs syndrome, Edwards syndrome and Patau’s syndrome) and can be performed as early as 10 weeks gestation and up to 21 weeks 6 days. It has a high sensitivity of detecting an anomaly (98-99%) and therefore many ladies opt to have it performed for … Continue reading
Pregnancy Scan – Full Bladder or Not?
Many patients coming for pregnancy scans wonder about preparation. From 6- 8 weeks gestation we would normally recommend having a transvaginal (internal) scan to see the baby clearly. For this type of examination, the patient is asked to empty their bladder. For scans 9+ weeks we can often do the scan abdominally (across the tummy) … Continue reading