Vestrum, Ultrasound for Women

Where did you put them pumps..!??!

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1 week to go!!

Our free 6 week walk/run training program starts next Tuesday the 5th at the Bunbury Runners Club!

Catering for women of all fitness levels 5.15pm for a 5.30pm start. This is an interval style session around the oval that incorporates walking and jogging or just walking!

Bring any questions you have about the event, our volunteers are here to help!!

No need to register for the training sessions, just turn up!

If you are yet to register for the event here is the link / in bio 😊

https://www.bunburyrunnersclub.org.au

Take that to 2021! Bring on 2022. Happy New Year!🥳

The babies were pretty helpful today I think 😊

When our last cohort of junior staff left, my consultant colleagues and I were gifted framed superhero versions of ourselves. This is mine! Thanks Christina, Heidi, Caitlin and Rawan. Miss you already 🥰

New COVID 19 lockdown beginning Sunday 31st January for 5 days at the current time.
Medical or healthcare needs remains one of the four reasons for leaving home - so we are open. However, if you feel you would prefer to postpone your appointment, please email us on [email protected] and we will do our best to reschedule it. (note that many pregnancy ultrasounds are time sensitive). Please bear with us as we will be running on skeleton reception staff.
We are able to provide masks for your appointment - but your Women's Fun Run face covering will also do! Due to social distancing rules, we ask that you come alone to your appointment unless it is absolutely necessary for you to be accompanied. As always, we will provide a USB stick of images. Keep safe!

Ouch! It can get a bit cramped in there towards the end of the stay. This baby has poked itself in the eye with it's foot!

In a world where so many women are having babies weighing over 4kg at birth, there are still a lot of small babies out there. Our sonographers are experienced at performing all Dopplers used in the assessment of smaller babies and we are the only local ultrasound department where the reporting is performed by an experienced obstetrician. For all the medics and budding medics out there, here is a link to the new international guidelines on scanning small babies and assessing babies where the growth may be slowing down. Not all ultrasounds are the same.😉

New Practice Guidelines on the management of SGA and FGR https://bit.ly/3gIUwpw

For those of you who thought you got away with it.......
It's time to dust off those running pants. 😁😁

Come and join us on the 4th of October!
⭐ Discounted entry for the month of July ⭐
Vestrum. Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Fertility
Bunbury Runners Club

And so it is a sorrowful goodbye but a jubilant hello! Po has decided to move back to the big city and she will be sorely missed at Vestrum Ultrasound for Women. Although she doesn't seem to be overly upset by this (!) we will all miss her dearly. However, I have the greatest pleasure in introducing Sam - a very experienced sonographer. Sam joins us on Mondays and Thursdays and has a special interest in fetal echocardiography. Welcome to the team!

Always lovely to see children sharing nicely! At Vestrum, because we can offer unique continuity we are able to track the growth of twins carefully - without getting them mixed up. Even when they share a sac.

Babies rarely look cute at 20 weeks because they don't have enough body fat and tend to look a bit skeletal. However, this little one bucked the trend.

Proof that the fetal position exists!!

Two peas in a pod! These twins are not only sharing a placenta, they are also sharing a sac. In Bunbury we would expect to see this once every 5-7 years!

Hello baby!! All our scans are medically indicated therefore you need a valid referral for your medicare rebate.This is a "dating scan" - performed at 10 weeks. We confirm the due date, check the number of babies,check that the heart beat is present and that the baby is developing normally. We also check the uterus and ovaries. A 3D image is captured whenever possible - for us it is a quick way to ensure the external structures are developing normally and for new parents to get a first proper glimpse at their developing baby.

As Christmas is almost upon us and we reach out to family and friends with a warm heart, all of us at Vestrum. Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Fertility would like to spread that love around some more.

With a special thanks to K's Home Kitchen who produced these lovely cakes.

Merry Christmas everyone young and old, big and small # # #!

The 12 week scan is not only about checking your baby's risk of Down syndrome, it is also a chance to examine your baby from head to toe and rule out structural abnormalities that you wouldn't want to wait until 19 weeks to find. The 12 week scan is recommended even if you have had a non invasive blood prenatal test such as the Harmony. If your doctor asks us, we can also calculate the risk of preeclampsia and having a small baby too.

Sometimes there is information you would rather not know.... This baby has the cord wrapped around its neck 3 times! We look for this specifically when a baby is breech and we are considering trying to turn the baby around. BTW - this baby has safely arrived in the outside world. He had almost untangled himself and only had one loop around his neck on D day.

At Vestrum Ultrasound for Women - when you are having your scan, you see what we see and we'll happily answer any questions you have. Your baby might be in the dark but you shouldn't be.

Fibroids are knots of muscle from the wall of the uterus and they can be located anywhere in the uterine wall. At Vestrum we do our best to localise measure and classify fibroids. This one - about the size of a kumquat - is mostly in the cavity of the uterus and distorts the normal upside down triangular shape of the cavity. This alerts the gynaecologist that some treatments for heavy periods are not appropriate.

Please bear with us at Vestrum. We are having difficulties with our phone lines and email (thank you NBN!). You can reach us on the appointments form via our website and our fax is working well. Or just pop in and say hello if you can - we are open 9-5 Monday to Friday. Thanks for your patience - we are trying very hard to sort this out. BTW, this is an image from today, of an umbilical cord going into a placenta. Another thing that is completely unappreciated until it goes wrong.😕

Apologies, our phones were out all day and we had a limited forwarding service available to us. Unfortunately this issue has not yet been resolve and we are at the mercy of technology.
Please bare with us and email [email protected] if you can't get through and we promise to call back. We will get this sorted as soon as possible.

27 weeks and so much to think about....At Vestrum Ultrasound for Women we'll thoroughly check up on your baby's wellbeing without cutting corners. 5 weeks to 40 weeks +. Just bring along a valid referral.

Vestrum, Ultrasound for Women is delighted to announce its support for Exies Hockey Club with the sponsorship of their women's teams.
Team sports are more than exercise, they are about collaboration, strategy, skills and a determination to perform for the benefit of others (the team) to the very bitter end.
Exies club can boast a very true commitment to its community, serving it well through its social programs at its club house and through its hockey outreach program at local primary schools.
Hockey is a fantastic sport that promotes inclusion, participation and equality.
These are the reasons why, at a time that local sporting groups are crying out for additional funding and support, the team at Vestrum have stepped forward to become part of and associated with the Exies club.

Its here again ladies.... this long running event (pun intended) that helps local charities/groups and brings us together at the same time. We are very proud to continue to be able to support the Bunbury Runners Club in staging this fantastic event. Tag your Besties and help to make this a great day again.... please :)

Some babies are helpful - others not so! Regardless, we will always endeavour to examine your baby carefully. And produce a comprehensive unambiguous report - written by an obstetrics and gynaecology specialist for a GP, specialist or GP Obstetrician.

The 10th Women's Fun Run was a breezy one this morning! Thanks so much to all the organisers for making it a fantastic morning and to everyone who pitched up for the run/walk.

When we're not training for the fun run/walk, we are still scanning at Vestrum! Our 3D internal probe is a painfree way to assess the shape of the uterus. Helpful if you have any fertility concerns. This uterus looks pretty normal on the outside, but on the inside there are two completely separate cavities - they look like bunny ears. It is septate - a bicornuate uterus also has two cavities but on the outside there are two separate uteri seen.