Miscarriage & Fetal Abnormalities Pretoria
The truth is that dealing with a miscarriage or a fetal abnormality is never easy. But we can help. Each woman who walks through our door will find solace and comfort at our premium care facility, along with the highest quality services, personalized and compassionate care. We understand the emotional and physical hardship that women face during this difficult time, so we’ve created a patient-specific program that is designed to address the needs of each individual patient.

What is a miscarriage?
A miscarriage is an unexpected loss of a pregnancy that occurs before the 20th week or the middle of the second trimester. It’s believed that most miscarriages occur very early in pregnancy before a woman is aware that she’s pregnant.
Signs and symptoms of miscarriage and early pregnancy loss include:
- Vaginal bleeding or spotting
- Abdominal cramps or lower back pain
- Vaginal fluid or tissue leakage
What causes a miscarriage?
Most miscarriages happen because the fetus isn’t developing as it should. Roughly half of all miscarriages are the result of missing or extra chromosomes. Most chromosome-related problems occur by chance as embryonic cells divide and grow and aren’t genetically inherited from parents.
It’s estimated that 10-15% of pregnancies in women who know they’re pregnant end in miscarriage. A number of reasons exist for why you have had a miscarriage. We provide compassionate and professional care to manage your miscarriage and help you better understand why it happened.
How is a miscarriage treated?
If you believe you’re having a miscarriage, we can perform a pelvic exam to check your cervix, an ultrasound to check for a fetal heartbeat, and blood tests to check your pregnancy hormone levels.
A threatened miscarriage, or one where you experience bleeding, but your cervix hasn’t begun to dilate, may actually proceed without any further problems. If you’re bleeding and cramping, and your cervix is dilated, a miscarriage is considered inevitable.
To avoid the possibility of a septic miscarriage, or an infection in your uterus, you may require vacuum aspiration to remove any remaining tissues from your womb.
Miscarriage Aftercare
Your comfort, trust and safety are our top priority. Our staff is devoted to making this as stress-free as possible, providing you with all that you’ll need for miscarriage aftercare. Our team of board certified doctors, anesthesiologists and nurses have spent years helping women. We maintain QuadA surgical facility status by undergoing routine inspections, so you can have peace of mind in your surgical and anesthesiological care.
We are a private practice, which allows us to give you the utmost in care, sensitivity and attention, down to every detail. Through every step with us, from the moment you walk in until you have fully recovered, there is someone there to talk to, listen and support you.
You will receive personalized care from our dedicated staff, and have a counselor by your side to help you through this difficult time.
Genetic testing and analysis can also be provided.