The maternal medicine team offer specialist multidisciplinary care for women who develop medical complications in pregnancy or have a pre-existing medical condition which may affect their pregnancy.

The team is led by Maternal Medicine Consultants who work closely with experts in specific medical disciplines. 

The team have a wealth of experience and provide care for women with complex medical conditions throughout the South West of England in addition to the local Bristol area. There are several specialist clinics for women with a variety of medical conditions, including specific clinics for diabetes and thyroid disease, epilepsy, heart and blood problems.

Other members of the team include:

Diabetes Specialist Midwife: Lisa Acton, 0117 342 5577

Epilepsy Specialist Nurse: Amelia Gregory, 0117 342 4961

Diabetes Specialist Nurse: 0117 342 2892

Dietician: Jane Lavender, 0117 342 3030

We work closely with Consultants from other specialties:

Cardiac: Drs Stephanie Curtis, Graham Stuart, Yasmin Ismail 0117 342 6575

Haematology: Dr Amanda Clark 0117 342 1874

Endocrinology and Diabetes: Drs Karin Bradley and Natasha Thorogood 0117 342 3082

Gastroenterology: Dr Jonathon Tyrell-Price 0117 342 2525

Hepatology: Dr Jim Portal 0117 342 4001

Many of our specialist clinics involve review by an obstetrician with specialist knowledge in maternal medicine and medical specialist appropriate to your condition. Due to the complexity of many of the medical conditions under our care, appointments often involve review by allied health professionals including specialist nurses, midwives and dieticians. The aim of these clinics is to provide comprehensive, safe care for all our clients and additional ultrasound scans, blood tests and other investigations such as detailed maternal heart scans and traces of the fetal heart are often necessary.  In providing this highly specialist package of care please be advised that clinic appointments can often involve prolonged visits lasting a few hours.

Maternal Medicine Secretary: 0117 342 5250

Fax: 0117 342 5541

• Aortopathy in Pregnancy Guideline 2016
• Guideline Anticoagulation Strategies for Mechanical Heart Valves During Pregnancy
• Regional Referral Pathway for Pregnanct Women with known Cardiac Disease

Papers:

Basude S, Trinder J , Caputo M, Curtis S. Pregnancy outcome and follow-up cardiac outcome in women with aortic valve replacement. Obstetric Medicine 2014; 7(1):29-33.

Fitzpatrick K, Sellers, S, Spark, Kurinczuk J, Brocklehurst P, Knight M. The management and outcomes of placenta accreta, increta and percreta in the UK: a population-based descriptive study. BJOG 2014.

Basude S, Hein C, Curtis S L, Clark A, Trinder J, Low‐molecular‐weight heparin or warfarin for anticoagulation in pregnant women with mechanical heart valves: what are the risks? A retrospective observational study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2012,119(8):1008-13

Fitzpatrick K, Sellers, S, Spark, Kurinczuk J, Brocklehurst P, Knight M. Incidence and risk factors for placenta accrete/increta/percreta in the UK: a national caes-control study. Plos One 2012, 7 (12)

Burden C, Ion R, Chung Y, Henry A, Downey DG, Trinder J, Current pregnancy outcomes in women with cystic fibrosis. 2012 European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 2012,164 (2),142-145.

Thaman R, Curtis S, Faganello G, Szantho GV, Turner MS, Trinder J, Sellers S, Stuart GA. Cardiac outcome of pregnancy in women with a pacemaker and women with untreated atrioventricular conduction block. Europace 2011;13(6):859-63.

Book Chapters:

Ismail Y, Curtis SL. Pregnancy and Heart Disease. Essential Revision Notes for Cardiology KBA. In Khavandi A. OHST.

Ismail Y, Curtis SL. In MCQs for the Cardiology KBA. Augustine A, Leeson P, Khavandi A. OHST.

Abstracts:

Basude S, Trinder J, Caputo M, Curtis S. Comparison of obstetric and cardiac outcomes in women who have undergone pregnancy with bioprosthetic, pulmonary autograft or mechanical aortic valve replacement. RCOG World Congress, Liverpool (poster) 2013.

Cataldo S, Rice K, Ali A, Trinder J, Curtis S. Pregnancy following Mustard or Senning correction of transposition of the great arteries. 24th ACHD Symposium, Cincinnati 2014

Cataldo S, Harris S, Rice K, Trinder J, Stuart AG, Curtis S. Comparison of aortopathy in pregnancy related to bicuspid aortic valve disease and Marfan's syndrome. European Society of Cardiology, Barcelona 2014.

Basude S, Hein C, Curtis SL, Clark A, Trinder J. Warfarin Versus Low Molecular Weight Heparin: A Comparison of Adverse Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Mechanical Heart Valves.Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy, Berlin 2012.

Preshaw J, Basude S, Curtis S, Sellers S, Trinder J. Service Re-evaluation of a Tertiary Referral Cardiac Antenatal Clinic in the UK, Using a Patient Questionnaire.Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy, Berlin 2012.

Burden C, Preshaw J, Trinder J, Curtis S. Use Of Beta-blocker Medication In Non-Hypertensive Cardiac Disease In Pregnancy- A Retrospective Case Control Study.Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy Congress, Berlin 2012.

Harris S, Trinder J, Stuart G, Curtis SL. Marfan Syndrome and Bicuspid Aortic Valve- Related Aortopathy in Pregnancy.Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy Congress, Berlin 2012.

Hein C, Basaude S, Curtis S, Collins K, Trinder J. Warfarin versus low molecular weight heparin: a comparison of adverse outcomes in pregnant women with mechanical heart valves.British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society 2011.