Our centre
We are a reference centre at Chirec - Site Delta.
A team of specialist doctors is available to monitor your pregnancy by ultrasound every trimester:
- The 1st trimester ultrasound is carried out at around 13 weeks of pregnancy. This examination allows you to see the foetus for the first time, to hear the heartbeat and already to observe movements.
Measurements of the head and length of the foetus will enable the pregnancy to be dated accurately.
- The 2nd ultrasound, also known as the ‘morphological ultrasound’, is performed between 20 and 22 weeks of pregnancy, when the examination is most informative.
The medical expert will be able to check that the organs are normal, assess the growth of the foetus, observe movements, check the amount of amniotic fluid and the position of the placenta.
- The 3rd trimester ultrasound, at around 30-32 weeks, allows the fetal position to be identified: head down, breech or transverse.
It is also used to monitor the growth of the unborn baby, estimate its weight, determine the position of the placenta and the amount of amniotic fluid, review the foetal organs, etc.
A multidisciplinary foetal medicine team takes over in more complex situations:
This centre of reference also provides expertise in the specific monitoring of pregnancies at maternal or foetal risk.
With the rapid development of screening tests and new ultrasound and genetic tools, the centre can monitor pregnancies by offering specialised consultations.
Finally, it promotes optimal care for pregnant women and the best possible conditions for newborn babies.
A team of experts is on hand to answer any questions you may have about a particular family history, screening test results, ultrasound anomalies or infections during pregnancy.
Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures can be suggested and carried out by the team.
Coordinating doctors
- Prof. Catherine Donner, Médecine fœtale
- Dr Christophe Cayphas,, Gynécologue-obstétricien
- Prof. Julie Désir, Médecin généticienne
- Doctors specialising in obstetric ultrasound and foetal medicine.
- Midwives and nurses experienced in ultrasound, foetal medicine and genetic counselling.
- Teams in the High-Risk Pregnancy Unit and delivery room specialising in the management of foetal and obstetric pathologies.
- Psychologists and psychotherapists with expertise in perinatal care and genetic counselling.
The team also works with various specialists depending on the situation: obstetricians, paediatricians, neonatologists, paediatric surgeons, cardiopaediatricians, neuropaediatricians, radiopaediatricians specialising in antenatal NMR, foetopathologists, immunologists, haematologists, etc.
In partnership with the Fetal Medicine Clinic at Erasme Hospital (ULB) and the Genetics Department at the Institute of Pathology and Genetics (Gosselies).
- Pregnancy ultrasounds (1st, 2nd and 3rd trimesters)
- Situations involving foetal or maternal risk.
- Personal or family history.
- An infectious disease contracted during pregnancy.
- Abnormal screening test results.
- ultrasound abnormalities
- Neonatal malformations.
- Genetic adjustments after birth.
Some of these situations may lead to additional tests being suggested (expert opinion, genetic test, ultrasound scan, amniotic or cord puncture, etc.).
The centre's activities include:
- Pregnancy, screening and follow-up ultrasound scans.
- Reference ultrasounds for suspected or diagnosed foetal malformation, genetic disease, infectious pathology, alloimmunisation, foetal thrombocytopenia, etc.
- Fetal tissue samples (villus biopsy, puncture of amniotic fluid or fetal blood, etc.).
- Multidisciplinary intervention by perinatology specialists.
- Pre-conception, ante- and post-natal genetic consultations.
- Assessment of the prognosis and management of foetal pathologies.
- Consultations for advice on high-risk pregnancies or histories of high-risk pregnancies.
- Consultations with psychologists and child psychiatrists specialising in perinatal care.
- Monthly multidisciplinary meetings focusing on ‘feedback’.
General information:
- Delta Hospital - Boulevard du Triomphe, 201 - 1160 Auderghem
- 1st floor - Desk n°1
- Waiting rooms A2-A3
To make an appointment:
- 02/434.81.18
