A Trip to the Hospital for Pregnant Mums with Fakeeh University Hospital

POST EVENT REPORT: ‘A TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL’ FOR PREGNANT MOTHERS WITH FAKEEH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

If you are one of the pregnant mums that missed out on the ‘trip to the hospital’ event for pregnant mothers at Fakeeh University Hospital last month, this is a summary of the beautiful and intimate occasion.

Fakeeh University Hospital (FUH) is a state-of-the-art, multi-department hospital that is also well-known as a teaching hospital. It was therefore very fitting that - FUH provided a wonderful opportunity for young pregnant women - mostly first time mothers - to come and meet a team of Specialist Obstetricians, Gynaecologists, Neonatologists and Head of Departments for an informational event to help them prepare for the third trimester, birth and life as a new mother. The event was open to all pregnant mums, regardless of which hospital they planned to give birth. The event was intended as a tour and explanation of a birthing suite and an ‘interview on stage,’ with Mother Baby & Child Editor, Kay Marham posing questions to: a joint interview that turned out to be more of a trusting chat between a group of young mothers-to-be and these amazing, experienced women. In effect, it was the kind of reassuring talk you might have with favourite aunties, when you want their advice, except that they had the opportunity to talk to one of the top Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Consultant Pediatrician and Consultant Neonatologist teams in the UAE! This very special team at Fakeeh University Hospital were happy to take as much time as needed by the audience of first-time pregnant mothers, who had lots of questions, wanted to seek their expert opinions and check up on different aspects of their pregnancy and labour journey.

• Dr. Jayacy Jayankar, Specialist Obstetrician and

Gynecologist • Dr Alaa Younus Mohammed, Specialist Obstetrician and Gynecologist • Dr. Bariah Dardari, HOD and Consultant

Pediatrician • Dr. Rima Mounla, Lead Consultant Neonatologist

A BEAUTIFUL OCCASION

The four Specialist Doctors are not only highly experienced professionals in all aspects of their pregnancy and newborn baby care fields, but the audience of mum-to-be also found them to be warm, open and passionate about supporting pregnant mothers. So much so, that the audience spontaneously collaborated in

A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO GIVING BIRTH

The ‘trip to the hospital’ event revealed just how different the Fakeeh University Hospital approach is to labour and birth. The traditional scenario with hospitals is that mothers are moved to a delivery room when their contractions start, only to find themselves moved back to their beds when it turns out to be a false alarm - which can often happen several times!

Fakeeh University Hospital provides comfortable birthing suites for women, with sweeping views, lots of natural light and everything a mum-in-waiting needs to be comfortable and relaxed. The birthing suite is huge! This means that when it comes time to give birth, all the facilities and equipment are right there in the suite , meaning that she does not need to be moved around to different rooms unnecessarily and can give birth where she is comfortably settled. For further information about Fakeeh University Hospital’s facilities or maternity packages, please visit www.fuh.care