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Twin Pregnancy - where to deliver/ any support groups in abu dhabi?

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Latest post on 04 October 2012 - 22:24

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Latest post on 18 September 2012 - 08:34

Thanks for all the advice. Busybee2 - you put me at ease :-) It seems to be the norm that public hospitals across the UAE are the ones with well equipped ICU for babies.... I'm more and more leaning towards seeing a private Obstetrician and signing up with the Corniche Abu Dhabi hospital for the delivery of my TWINS - it's crazy - still can't get my head around it!! I'm only 17 weeks, I'm very petite and already look massive! - all stomach though so I hope it stays that way!! At least I know I have options, but know that I'll be missing out on that lovely private hospital experience I had in Australia :-( With full time work and my children's schedules to juggle, I really don't want to be wasting time at the corniche for antenatal appts when it could be done within 30 minutes to an hour at a private clinic. edited by Rouls on 18/09/2012 dr tank is very good, she can be a bit "direct" but she knows her stuff (she is german or whatever) but she will be quicker at the appointments, you still usually have to wait a little but it will not be the same as the corniche or anywhere else, if a scan needs to be done etc she has the machines all there in her room so once you get into the consulting room you shouldnt need to move again, unlike the corniche, here for 1 thing, move to here for another thing, waiting waiting waiting etc. i can only go by my experience long long long time ago, and it was pretty dire then, but i know that its changed an awful lot! i was with the docs though as well, so i would always take much longer than any that went to the midwives etc. back in my day you really didnt have much choice it was old al noor or corniche but if anything was needed you were then taken by ambulance etc from al noor to the corniche with all the traffic issues. doing dr tank and corniche is the best way. corniche is very good once you get upstairs. also men are not always allowed in corniche, if you needed a scan etc then best to go at end of day, and they usually let you up etc. its ok upstairs though. it is a baby factory, unlike al noor etc where its not specialised etc.

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Latest post on 18 September 2012 - 08:20

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Latest post on 17 September 2012 - 12:02

hi Al wasl hospital has a good NICU and it is the only hospital which is only gyne and pediatrics, although it is a government hospital so you have to keep that in mind too.. but thats in dubai she is talking about abu dhabi, its a bit far to commute i think. lol

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Latest post on 17 September 2012 - 11:50

hi Al wasl hospital has a good NICU and it is the only hospital which is only gyne and pediatrics, although it is a government hospital so you have to keep that in mind too..

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Latest post on 17 September 2012 - 10:43

Thank you all for the congrats and for all that useful info. It's almost been 7 years since being pregnant and kind of freaking out I'm having twins. Maybe the support group will put me at ease - so I'm looking forward to those details Jackie re your friend running a twins support group :-) I have my first appt. booked at the corniche hospital on 3rd of October and they have already assigned me to the doctor team and not the midwives team - so hoping it all goes smooth and I'll feel right about everything. I'm certainly not looking forward to the long antenatal visits as I work full time and have my two kids schedules to work around. I'm also thinking about getting my antenatal visits done by private obstetrician like Dr. Tank and just delivering at the corniche. Is that advisable? Could anyone recommend any gyno/obst that are specialist with twins or have the expat approach to things? thanks the docs team is a bit of a pain, as you then have to sit and wait even longer around the place. i know when i had my one there, because i had medical issues with no1 i had to see the docs, this was like 13 years ago so "downstairs" has improved 400% since then, but you would go in just for normal visit and it would take 4 hours! as they then wanted to do a scan, then you see the doc, wait around for ever etc... so its best if you can do the midwives but of course that doesnt always apply for everyone. best place to be is the corniche though i wouldnt go anywhere else "just in case", they have been doing it for a very long time, and at least now you can get epidurals at least 24 hours before it stopped at like 8pm and that was it..... the best way to do it is to go and see dr tank she is excellent if you dont mind paying for the antenatal but then book into the hospital for the birth etc. that way you will be able to "schedule" it better, otherwise you can waste a lot of time in corniche, even if you try and go for the first appts of the day.

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Latest post on 16 September 2012 - 13:31

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Latest post on 13 September 2012 - 00:25

Hi, CONGRATS! you could also consider Al Rahba Hospital, they have a very good NICU, I delivered here in 2011 and had a very good experience, also government hospital, many private hospitals will now refer here over the corniche in case of complications as its not as busy as Corniche but has same standards of care. Corniche however, is the specialist hospital and especially with twins, I would recommend going there. They now have a women's health clinic in Al Bateen where you can register and do your ante natal checks and its a lot less hectic than going to the corniche itself, which is always busy and a 20 minute appointment will inevitably take you about 3 hours, the rooms aren't private and the administration can drive you to tears but I have yet to hear anyone complain about the competence of medical staff or standard of care. This is where I would go were I to have twins! I know quite a few people with twins and one of the mums was going to set up a group after the summer, I will find out whats happening with that and will update (might be a few days).

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Latest post on 12 September 2012 - 15:19

corniche, if babies need special care, they will then be rushed over there from other hospitals as they are not fully equipped the same as corniche. its been a while since i was there, (like 13.5 years ago) but in that time its improved a lot.... since a cattle market downstairs, but upstairs is very good. after all a lot of babies are born in this country, and most from there.

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Latest post on 12 September 2012 - 14:04

Welome to EW and congrats on ur pgcy :) I would advice Corniche for delivery, God forbid in case of emergency only Corniche can provide best care for babies.

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Latest post on 09 September 2012 - 15:17

Hi, I'm new to this whole forum thing but lately have been reading a lot of threads regarding pregnancy and hospitals in Abu Dhabi. I have delivered twice in Australia, first time in a public hospital and second time in private. Couple of questions - 1. Corniche hospital appears to be the hospital of choice for delivering twins as it has one of the best fully equipped NCU. Is there any private hospitals in abu dhabi or dubai that could provide a more private service but have the facilities to care for sick babies? 2. I currently work full time in abu dhabi and have a lot of questions in relation to pregnancy and delivery in the UAE. Is the forum the place to shoot away with questions or would you recommend a twins support group for people pregnant with twins? I'm currently 16 weeks pregnant and want to get in early with registering with a hospital etc.

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