Our Services
- Antenatal Visits
- Antenatal Workshop
- Facility & Waterbirths
- Postnatal
- Female Wellness
- Breastfeeding
- Phototherapy
- Sonars
Antenatal Visits
Doing your antenatal visits from as early as your 8 week sonar to confirm your expected date of delivery and continue thereafter. Monitoring your pregnancy, the well-being of you and your baby!
- 12 week (Sonar and bloods for Down-syndrome if wanted at private gynae)
- Your first Midwife visit will be at 16 weeks
- 20 week with midwife or Anatomical sonar with gynae
- 24 weeks with midwife
- 28 weeks with midwife
- 32 week with midwife
- 36 weeks with midwife and sonar ( Private or with Gynae)
- 38 weeks with midwife
- 39 weeks with midwife
- 40 weeks with midwife
- 41 weeks with midwife
Antenatal Birth Preparation Workshop
We do antenatal workshops to prepare you and your birth partner for your pregnancy journey, birth, breastfeeding and looking after your baby when he or she arrives. This can be done via Zoom or in group classes
Some of our Topic we discuss:
Pregnancy
- Normal body changes
- Pregnancy niggles
- Date & Way of birth
- Lifestyle
- Danger signs in pregnancy
Birth & labour
- Signs of Labour
- Hormones involved
- Stages of Normal delivery
- Caesarean sections
- Vbac
- Pain management
- Induction
- Waterbirth
Postnatal & Baby care
- Skin-to-skin
- Microbiome
- Breastfeeding
- Newborn rashes
- Jaundice
- Basic care of newborn and bath
- Immunization
- The ultimate birth partner
Facility & Waterbirths
Delivering in the comfort of a home-like facility in the presence of a healthy, uncomplicated pregnancy. We will be there for you every step of the way to encourage and support you physically, emotionally and psychologically.
We are here for your family 24/7 to support you on this journey and labour. We want you to safely take back control of your birth story.
This is a scary, amazing life-changing event in your life and you should be treated with dignity and respect and decide who should provide for you and where you want to birth within safe guidelines.
Why choose a midwife-led delivery?
- We walk a road with you and your family as the care provider.
- Creating a safe, caring environment.
- In the comfort of their own home.
- Better and instant bonding with your new bundle of joy.
- Your baby is instantly in their safe home environment and directly integrated into the family.
- We stay throughout your journey and we also support your family.
- Minimising unnecessary medical interventions.
- The Midwife will do home visits after birth to help you and your family ease the transition.
- We as midwives have your best interest at heart, we try to stay on the path of your birth plan as far as possible and will intervene only when urgent medical attention is required.
- We as midwives work within strict guidelines to ensure safe care for our mothers and babies.
1st Week
Day 1 – Check-up of Mother and Baby after delivery
Day 3 – Check-up of Mother and Baby after delivery
6 Weeks
Check-up for mother and baby as well as Papsmear if proffered by mother and starting of contraceptives
Survival Support Group
Contraceptives
- Oral (MIcroval while breastfeeding)
- Injectables (Depo or Nurestrate)
- Implanon
- Nova Ring
Papsmear
This is a procedure checking for cervical cancer or cell changes that may lead to cervical cancer. A Pap smear may also help find other conditions, such as infections or inflammation.
It is usually done at
- 6 weeks after birth appointment
- 3 yearly from 25 years
- HPV should at least be tested for every 5 years
Breastfeeding
From the first latch in the golden hour until the end of your journey we would like to assist you in having an amazing breastfeeding experience. Helping you to get a good start to your breastfeeding journey and assist you with any problem you might experience! This is our passion!!
Breastfeeding is an intimate experience between you and your baby and holds so many special moments. It is providing the ultimate nutrition for your baby. Breastmilk is dynamic and an adapting living substance ensuring every nutritional and immunity need of your baby is met.
Having problems during your breastfeeding journey like cracked nipples and mastitis is NOT normal and seeking professional help with a breastfeeding consultant can prevent these problems. Seek help as soon as possible after birth as this will assist you in ensuring a correct latch and the correct knowledge and skills to prevent any of these complications.
Breastfeeding is such a blessing and privilege!
Why choose a Lactation consultant?
- We assist you in having a correct latch from the start.
- Equip you with knowledge and skills to have a long successful breastfeeding journey.
- We teach you how and when to pump.
- Assist you when going back to work, how to manage your supply and breastfeeding.
- How to have an amazing life and social life while breastfeeding fit into this life.
- Weight management of your baby.
We want you to have a breastfeeding experience, avoiding problems and that it will be an experience you would never forget, filled with special moments in bonding and providing for your baby and that you would never look back.
Spoil someone with a Lactation Consultation voucher as a baby shower gift or any gift assisting yourself or someone you know in having an amazing breastfeeding experience.
Why Home Phototherapy?
Our phototherapy bed is portable and lightweight. A safe, feasible and effective alternative to in-hospital treatment. Damage to the skin is greatly reduced with correct usage.
The bed can be set up anywhere in your home.
Our Services Include:
- Assistance with set up of the phototherapy be, guidance on how to optimally use the bed and how to position your baby correctly
- Weight Management of your baby to ensure good hydration
- A skilled Midwife will draw bloods to repeat jaundice values or will refer you to the lab depending on your individual situation.
- Guidance with feeding will be provided during phototherapy for optimal results and to ensure good weight gain of baby
- A Midwife available 24/7 within reason
- Assistance with medical aid claims if not cash
- Average treatment time 2/3 days
We at ThisisUs Practice DO NOT do diagnostic sonars of any kind. The images obtained and supplied by us are for bonding purposes only. We are not qualified to do diagnostic sonars.
We provide you with what we can see. If baby is not in the correct position for images, you will be advised to return for another scan at half price (Charged for time spend scanning).
An estimated:
- Fetal heartrate and presence thereof
- Estimated due date in first 12 weeks
- Gestational age (Weeks pregnant)
- Gender
- Fetal weight
- Fetal position
- Presence of a pregnancy in the uterus
We strongly advice all patients to go for diagnostic sonars at 12, 20 and 36 weeks of gestation. These sonars can be done by either a Gynaecologists or Sonographer, recommendations can be provided.
The 20-week Anatomical sonar is of great importance to see whether your baby has any anatomical deformities and whether you should be referred for further investigations.