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Our hospital has been designated as a regional perinatal maternal and child medical center in Osaka Prefecture, and our obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, anesthesiology, and pediatric surgery departments work closely together to accept pregnant women who are unable to be treated at other clinics. In particular, our pediatric department has NICU staff on standby 24 hours a day, allowing us to respond immediately to any sudden abnormalities during delivery.
In recent years, the number of older pregnant women has increased compared to the past. Many of these pregnant women have various chronic internal diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases, and require special care during pregnancy. At our hospital, we manage pregnancy and delivery for these internal diseases in close collaboration with our specialized internal medicine department. Continuing specialized internal medicine management is often necessary even after delivery, and in such cases, we can smoothly transfer the patient to internal medicine care after delivery at our hospital.
Our hospital often treats pregnant women who have become pregnant through advanced reproductive technology. Recent attention has been focused on the possibility that pregnancies resulting from advanced reproductive technology may result in increased bleeding during childbirth, and our hospital has long been conducting clinical research into obstetric bleeding. Based on this knowledge, our hospital assesses the risk of bleeding through MRI scans in the third trimester of pregnancy, and proactively implements bleeding prevention measures, including pre-administration of autologous blood, for pregnant women at high risk of bleeding.
At our hospital, if an ultrasound scan taken during a mother's checkup during pregnancy suggests any problems with the baby, a pediatrician specializing in pediatric cardiology will conduct an ultrasound examination of the baby during pregnancy to determine the management plan for delivery.
After a cesarean section, the mother will have to bear the pain of the wound after the operation. Starting in the fall of 2023, our hospital will be using epidural anesthesia whenever possible during cesarean sections to alleviate postoperative pain (this does not apply in emergency surgeries, etc.).
Meanwhile, painless childbirth using epidural anesthesia has recently become more common in Japan for vaginal births. Our hospital will also be introducing safe painless childbirth for select patients from spring 2024 (this is available to women who have given birth before and are willing to consider planned childbirth. Please ask your obstetrician for more information).
