Obstetrics, Gynecology and Newborn Care

Placenta Health Clinic

Placenta Health Clinic

The Placenta Health Clinic is supported by a multidisciplinary team that includes maternal-fetal medicine specialists, fellows in maternal-fetal medicine, an advanced practice nurse, perinatal nurses, neonatologists, a dietitian, a social worker, a perinatal psychologist, geneticists and a perinatal pathologist. Consultations are also available from a dedicated hematologist and obstetrical internists.

Indications for consultations

  • Women with a prior history of placental pathology.
  • Women with medical problems that are likely to affect placental function: hypertension, kidney problems, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, obesity, vascular disease etc.
  • Women with previous IUGR, stillbirth, severe and/or early preeclampsia or HELLP.
  • Abnormal IPS or MSS (high AFP, high hCG , low PAPP-A).
  • Abnormal appearance of the placenta on ultrasound (shape, size, echogenicity, abruption, infarct).
  • Women with medical problems that are likely to affect placental function: hypertension, kidney problems, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, obesity, vascular disease etc.
  • Women with a complex previous obstetrical history: stillbirth, previous delivery of an IUGR, previous pregnancy with severe or early-onset pre-eclampsia (< 34 weeks), hypertension or HELLP syndrome.
  • Women whose previous pregnancy had abnormal placental pathology.
  • Women with clinical evidence of placental pathology such as abruption, infarcts.
  • Women with fetuses with suboptimal growth (i.e. less than the 5th centile or with a significant decrease in growth velocity).
  • Women with severe oligohydramnios.
  • Women with suspected umbilical cord abnormalities, including velamentous cord insertion.

Contact us

D. Kaye

613-737-8595

Placenta Clinic, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Newborn Care
The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus
501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON  K1H 8L6