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Pregnancy with Woman & Health
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My name is Dr. Pia Cassik and I am the head of the pregnancy support and prenatal diagnostics department at Woman & Health. Woman & Health was founded for women and their health. In the heart of Vienna, we unite 16 disciplines and 28 specialists under one roof, working together across disciplines. In our private clinic, we perform day-clinic procedures in state-of-the-art surroundings. So that you can enjoy perfect service without long waiting times.
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Your Dr. Pia Cassik
and the Woman & Health Team
We offer a complete “one stop concept” for the clarification of you and your partners infertility. All organic causes of female infertility can be clarified painlessly under gentle short anesthesia in just one single examination. Once the cause has been found, the path is usually clear for a happy pregnancy.
The fertility clarification at Woman & Health is the first step towards a successful pregnancy and, in addition to a detailed consultation, includes the following examinations:
Monday to Thursday from 8:30 - 9 pm
Friday from 8:30 - 20 h
Laurenzerberg 2, 1010 Vienna
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An early and professional assessment is the key to a happy pregnancy.
Call us on 01 5333 654 517 or make your appointment online!
The medical team at Woman & Health has developed a unique concept to make your pregnancy a wonderful experience with the highest possible medical safety.
All blood draws, sugar load tests, infection smears, prenatal diagnostic examinations, internal examinations, etc. required during pregnancy, are conveniently performed at Woman & Health. Vienna's largest radiology center is also located in the same building.
I look forward to accompanying you on the way to your baby!
Your Dr. Pia Cassik
and the Woman & Health Team
Monday to Thursday from 8:30 - 9 pm
Friday from 8:30 - 20 h
Laurenzerberg 2, 1010 Vienna
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At Woman & Health you are in the best hands. With over 15 years of experience and several hundred births year after year, we will accompany you safely until delivery.
Call us at 01 5333 654 517 or make your appointment online!
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Dr. Pia Cassik
“We have developed a unique concept to accompany you through the most exciting time of your life. We want to offer you the highest possible medical safety, advice and support so that you can fully concentrate on your pregnancy.”
The most important stages of your pregnancy
Congratulations to you. You are pregnant. Now an exciting journey begins. The Woman and Health team is happy to accompany you step by step. After the positive pregnancy test, the first mother-child passport examination is due.
A vaginal ultrasound is used to assess whether the pregnancy has settled properly in the uterine cavity. Hereby it can be checked if it is a singleton or multiple pregnancy and the expected delivery date can be determined by measuring the size of the embryo.
In addition, a blood test can rule out maternal diseases or defects. Also, your weight, blood pressure, and urinary findings will be recorded in the mother-child passport at each maternity checkup. The mother-child passport is a very important document that you should keep with you at all times, as it contains all the important information about you and your pregnancy.
For example, in an emergency, medical staff will know your blood type, how far along you are in your pregnancy, or if it is a high-risk pregnancy. So from now on, in addition to your cell phone, keys and wallet, always remember your mother-child passport.
An additional examination in early pregnancy is the so-called “Harmony test”. By means of a simple blood sample, fetal DNA, i.e. the child's genetic material, can be examined. Thus, chromosomal abnormalities can be detected at this early stage. The best-known chromosomal abnormality is Down Syndrome (trisomy 21). In addition, trisomy 13 and 18 as well as disorders of the sex chromosomes can be detected early on.
A nice addition of this examination is that, if desired, it can help determine the sex of the child. It should be noted that this examination does not guarantee a healthy child. Unfortunately, as with any examination during pregnancy, not all diseases or disorders can be detected.
However, if everything is in order during all of your checkups, you can look forward to a healthy baby with a very high probability. We will discuss all findings with you in detail and look forward to providing you with the best possible care based on our broad expertise and many years of experience.
This examination is a combination of an abdominal ultrasound and blood sampling. The ultrasound measures the neck thickness of the fetus. This is an accumulation of fluid in the neck area that is measurable in every child. If it is widened, this would be an indication of a malformation. The position of the nasal bone also gives such an indication.
In addition, many things can already be seen at this early stage. For example, the brain, heart and extremities can already be assessed. Together with the concentrations of two placenta proteins in the blood and your own risk (such as age or family history) it is calculated how high your personal risk is in regards to a malformation or disease of the fetus. If you are at increased risk, we will discuss whether further tests would make sense.
Initial indications that point to later preeclampsia, known as pregnancy poisoning, are also recorded. For this purpose, the blood flow in the uterine arteries as well as certain markers in the blood and the maternal blood pressure are measured. If there is an increased risk of pre-eclampsia, it can be prevented – for example, by taking aspirin.
The pregnancy is then examined even more closely, as preeclampsia can still be life-threatening for mother and child. Fortunately, in most cases this additional examination remains a routine check and gives you peace of mind.
Wonderful! The first exciting weeks of your early pregnancy are over and the second mother-child passport examination is due. Now the growth of the child is checked. From the abdomen, the fetal head, abdomen and femur are measured by ultrasound and a formula is used to calculate the approximate weight of the fetus. In addition, the placenta and the amniotic fluid are assessed. Furthermore, the fetal sex can already be determined.
Your baby is supplied with oxygen and nutrients through the placenta. Maternal and fetal blood do not mix. The separate blood circulations come only close enough to each other in the placenta for all important substances to be exchanged. The amniotic fluid protects your baby and is important for the maturation of the gastrointestinal tract, lungs and kidneys.
Transvaginal ultrasound is used to check whether your cervix is long enough to hold the pregnancy safely and whether the placenta is far enough away from the inner cervix so that the birth path is not blocked by it.
Book your online appointmentOur ultrasound specialists will thoroughly check your baby from head to toe. It is amazing what you can see and assess with the latest ultrasound technology. From the individual brain structures to the lens of the eye to the kidneys, your baby's organs can be visualized. During this ultrasound, malformations or diseases can be detected, which may also be especially relevant with regard to the delivery.
In the worst case, children may have a heart defect and need surgery right after birth. A cleft lip and palate may also be seen and infantile urinary retention is also quite common. After delivery, attention should be paid to fluid excretion and signs of inflammation in the babies.
In such cases, we contact further outpatient clinics, so that you and your baby are closely monitored. Unfortunately, even after this examination there is no guarantee for a healthy child – but in most cases everything will be fine and you can simply be happy and enjoy the amazing possibility to see how detailed the organs of your baby can be displayed.
Great, your pregnancy is well underway. It's time for your third mother-child passport exam. Your baby is slowly slipping into viability. This means if there was a premature birth, medics could already keep your baby alive in an incubator.
The Vaginal or abdominal ultrasound is again used to assess the cervix and measure whether it is tightly closed for a sufficient distance to hold the baby in the womb. Abdominal ultrasound is used once more to determine the baby's weight, and additional measurement of blood flow in the umbilical cord can assess the baby's supply in the womb.
To rule out gestational diabetes, a sugar load test is performed. This involves drinking a sugar solution on an empty stomach and three blood draws within 2 hours. Please come to this test fasting and do not eat or drink between blood draws. Your blood will also be tested for iron deficiency, toxoplasmosis and hepatitis B during this examination.
Book your online appointmentA thorough internal examination takes place in combination with the blood glucose load test and the third maternal passport examination. Since you will be in our practice for several hours due to the timing of the blood draws, this time will be used to perform a thorough check-up.
The blood glucose load test checks whether the pancreas produces enough insulin during pregnancy to adequately regulate blood glucose levels. Gestational diabetes is rare and, if detected early, poses no risk to your baby. The whole procedure is as follows: You come to us on an empty stomach. This means that you must not eat anything, drink anything containing calories or smoke 6 hours beforehand. Three blood samples will then be drawn.
After the first blood sample you will drink a sugar solution – after one hour and after two hours further blood samples will be taken. In addition to the blood sugar levels, the relevant parameters for the third maternal passport examination and the storage iron (ferritin) in the blood are also determined. During the internal examination, there will also be a medical interview, a physical examination, and an assessment of your immunization record. So bring plenty of time and perhaps a good book to read to this appointment.
You have now already reached the fourth mother-child passport examination and the birth is getting closer and closer. The next few weeks should be used for birth preparation in the form of a course. This examination is mainly concerned with checking the child's growth. Again, an ultrasound is performed from the abdomen to assess the size and supply of the child.
Vaginal ultrasound again helps to exclude the risk of premature birth. However, each examination should not only be about making sure that everything is okay with your pregnancy. Your well-being should also be in the foreground. Everyone has individual wishes, needs or complaints. Please always address these. We are happy to assist you with our experience.
Book your online appointmentYou have almost made it – your pregnancy is coming to an end. You have already reached the fifth and last mother-child passport examination. The fetal weight and blood supply will be checked again. The amount of amniotic fluid and the appearance of the placenta also provide information about how well your child is still being cared for in the womb.
Now that we are heading towards the birth, the position of the child in the uterus becomes important. We are happy to inform you what you can do in terms of natural birth preparations. In addition, especially if you are aiming for a natural birth, a streptococcus swab will be taken from the vagina. In the presence of streptococcus in the birth canal, you will be given a prophylactic administration of antibiotics during delivery. This will protect the child from any infection.
At this point at the latest, you should clarify where and how you want to give birth. This depends not only on your pregnancy situation, but of course also on your wishes. Once this examination has been completed, everything that is important for your delivery will be documented in your mother-child passport. If we are not able to accompany you personally during your birth, we wish you all the best and look forward to seeing you after your delivery. Otherwise, we will be happy to support you during your exciting experience so that you can soon hold your little miracle in your arms.
It is important for us to offer you a safe place in which mother and father, midwife and obstetrician form a familiar team to welcome the new life. Oriented on your individual needs, the Woman & Health team tries to shape your birth experience.
While the expectant mother, with the help of the midwife and the father, actively participates in various phases of the birth, the doctor's first role is to monitor the progress of the birth and the child's vital signs. Equally important, of course, is the exact medical monitoring of the mother.
Dr. Pia Cassik
„As perfectly as nature has planned the newborn, we – the Woman & Health obstetrics team – try to plan this moment, which is so important for you, and to let you experience the birth with a lot of security.”
The birth of your child is a team effort in which your baby and you are the center of attention. Together we will make the decisions that may be necessary for the progress of the birth with great sensitivity. This includes, for example, the use of oxytocic drugs, painkillers or epidural anesthesia.
Ultimately, in dangerous situations for both mother and child, we will actively decide on the use of operative obstetric measures and ultimately carry them out precisely for the benefit of mother and child. For the obstetric team at Woman & Health, close cooperation between mother, father, midwife and the attending physician with the necessary mutual trust is extremely important.
We combine 16 disciplines and 28 specialists under one roof.
Our center is open until 9 pm – and also on Saturdays.
Our locations are near Stephansplatz and Schwedenplatz.
Uncomplicated online appointment scheduling and short on-site waiting times.
We are always available for our patients, every day and every hour.
Experience your baby in the belly in HD quality.
Precise gynecological diagnostics for maximum safety.
State-of-the-art prenatal diagnostic examination.
Risk determination for Trisomy 21, 13 and 18
We have our own outpatient operating room with state-of-the-art equipment.
We offer general medical, dermatological & gynecological preventive care.
We execute blood & urine tests in our own laboratory.
Dr. Pia Cassik has headed the department for pregnancy support and prenatal diagnostics at Woman & Health for over 5 years and is one of the most sought-after gynecologists in this field. She combines professional expertise with great empathy and always has an open ear for her patients.
Pregnancy leads to many “first times”. Trust and a good feeling are just as important during this exciting time as the permanent and personal care provided by the gynecologist and midwife. Therefore our Woman & Health gynecologist and midwife team is available to expectant mothers around the clock – for every 1st time.
You can reach us by phone from Monday to Thursday from 8:30 AM to 9 PM and Friday from 8:30 AM to 8PM at 01 5333 654 517 – and around the clock via email at office@womanandhealth.com.
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