Our specialist early pregnancy clinic offers services to women who have had a positive pregnancy test and are under 13 weeks pregnant who experience pain and or bleeding. We also offer a service of reassurance ultrasound scans to women in early pregnancy that have had 2 previous miscarriages.
Referral routes
You can self refer to the service or be referred to us by your GP, Midwife, NHS 24, Out of Hours Service, Sexual Health Service, Infertility Service and the Assisted Conception Unit.
24 hour telephone service on 01592 729706 (when the line is busy, there is an answer phone service that is checked frequently).
Clinic attendance is by appointment only 7 days a week, with ultrasound availability Monday to Friday. Remember that the Early pregnancy clinic is for women who experience problems in early pregnancy.
Contact numbers for other pregnancy services
Opening hours
Midwife self referral booking service
Use this number to book in a new routine pregnancy 01592 6433355 ext 28374
This line is open Monday to Friday 10-12pm
Women's choices
Use this number to discuss your pregnancy options 01592 6433355 ext 25445
Email: fifewomenschoices@nhs.scot
This line is open Monday to Friday 11am-3pm
Bleeding in the early stages of your pregnancy?
The Early Pregnancy Clinic should be your first port of call. The EPC is based within the maternity unit at Victoria hospital. The service is available to pregnant women between 6 weeks and 12 weeks +6 days since their last menstrual period with pain and/or vaginal bleeding.
By calling this advice line, you will be able to speak to a nurse experienced in early pregnancy. You can get advice on symptoms. You may be advised to monitor symptoms at home, given an appointment or attend the hospital for review. The line is manned 24 hours a day. Please call prior to attending the hospital on 01592 729706 anytime.
Scanning in the Early pregnancy clinic
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Pregnancy self-test kits
Bear in mind that shop bought test kits don't have to be expensive. In fact, the cheaper kits are sometimes better if you want to find out whether or not you are pregnant. Some of the more expensive kits on the market are very good a picking up minute changes in your hormone levels. This means that they can give a false positive result, particularly if taken very soon after a missed period or even before a due period. Inexpensive kits will be more likely to produce an accurate long term result and avoid the need for carrying out multiple tests.
A simple, inexpensive test kit like the one shown is all you need to confirm a pregnancy
FAQs
I have had a previous private scan, can you use this to advise me
The Early pregnancy clinic cannot work with any previous scans that you may have had privately. This is because these are unregulated and not always accurate and the information from these cannot therefore be used for diagnostic purposes.
Why should I attend my scan appointment with a full bladder?
Scans are usually abdominal initially and so you should attend with a comfortably full bladder. If sonographer does not have good views then they will ask your consent to do a transvaginal (internal) scan.
Will one appointment at the EPC be enough to reassure me?
Sometimes women may require further EPC appointments. This can be the case if you have presented too early or if you require blood tests for diagnostic purposes.
How quickly can you tell me if I am pregnant?
The fact is that it is unlikely that we will be able to see a viable pregnancy at under 6 weeks gestation
What happens at my Early pregnancy clinic appointment?
If you have an EPC appointment (not a blood test appointment), you should expect to get a scan which will then be reviewed by a nurse and discussed with you.
Why would I need a blood test appointment?
Can I get treatment to reduce the risk of having a miscarriage?
How can I get referred to the recurrent miscarriage clinic?
Signposting - where to look for further information
Relocation of the early pregnancy clinic
The early pregnancy clinic is relocating. From 6 February 2023 the EPC is relocation to our new home on the ground floor area within the wider maternity department. This means our patients will have easier access to the scanning suite.
We will operate a patient flow system to try to ensure that you will pass through the maternity area of the department as briefly as possible so as to avoid meeting women at later stages in their pregnancies, but please be aware that this is possible. Consider coming in just in time for your appointment so that you don't have to wait around. Our staff will try to ensure that you are seen as quickly as possible by the doctor and will guide you to the best exit for you after you've been seen.