| Understand maternal & fetal medicine service
The ideal age for pregnancy is between 20 and 35 years old. Women who are pregnant at 35 years old or greater are considered advanced maternal age, a common phenomenon nowadays. Advanced maternal age pregnancy is associated with higher risks of complications, such as pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes and preterm births. Furthermore, there is an increased risk of pregnancy affected by Down's syndrome.
Dr Wendy Shu, Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong, specialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine, advises all expectant mothers to have early antenatal screening for fetal abnormalities and maternal complications, to optimise the best outcome. This includes first trimester ultrasound to detect early fetal abnormalities and transvaginal ultrasound to measure cervical length in selected pregnancies to predict the probability of premature delivery. Routine morphology scan aims to examine the baby in further details, is performed at 18 to 22 weeks' gestation.
🔎Click here to watch a video (in Cantonese only) in which Dr Wendy Shu guides you through the types of the maternal and fetal medicine services.
了解母胎醫學服務
二十至三十五歲是女性理想的生育年齡，三十五歲或以上懷孕的女性便稱為高齡孕婦，而高齡孕婦現今已成普遍現象。高齡孕婦在懷孕期出現併發症及生產的風險會較高，例如會較容易患上妊娠毒血症、妊娠糖尿病及有早產的可能。另外，胎兒患上唐氏綜合症機會亦較高。
港怡醫院婦產科顧問醫生暨母胎醫學科醫生舒敏欣建議所有孕婦應盡早進行胎兒異常篩查，有助及早發現胎兒異常，幫助降低生產風險。孕婦可於早孕期進行陰道超聲波檢查，監測胎兒情況及測量宮頸長度，預測胎兒早產的可能性。而孕婦於懷孕中期18至22周定期進行結構超聲波，可更詳細地檢查胎兒。 🔎請即觀看短片，由舒敏欣醫生解說各類母胎醫學服務。 | 
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