Dr Terry Sheahan
Health Care in Brisbane

Obstetrician, gynaecologist & fertility specialist welcome to our website. I am very fortunate having a full time midwife, sister jenny taylor-gray working in this practice. Sometimes interventions are necessary for the sake of the mother or the baby. Dr sheahan treats the following gynaecological conditions: - heavy menstrual bleeding - irregular or infrequent periods - management of fibroids and ovarian cysts - contraception and sterilization - prolapse - pelvic pain - incontinence - abnormal pap smears - ectopic pregnancy - endometriosis - adenomyosis - miscarriage - investigating recurrent miscarriage - hirsutism treatment - vulval disorders/irritation we endeavour to have a pregnancy as intervention free as possible. We provide women with personalised, comprehensive and attentive healthcare throughout their lifespan. We welcome same sex couples and single parents and surrogate patients are welcomed. Dr sheahan provides an extensive range of fertility treatments including intrauterine insemination (iui), donor embryo, testicular sperm aspiration (tesa) and donor egg, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (pgd), in vitro fertilization (ivf), donor sperm cycles. He strives to provide emotional and practical support to patients undergoing fertility treatments. Dr sheahan believes in assessing the infertile couple as a pair. We are dedicated to providing outstanding care and individual attention to our patients in all aspects of obstetrics and gynaecology, high-risk obstetric, infertility, including menopause, and the use of the latest in surgical technologies. Together we are able to provide a very comprehensive service, which will make your pregnancy a thrilling one. This is one of the most important times of your life and you should be able to look back on it with a great deal of pleasure, knowing that if you have produced the children of today, they will become the adults of the future.

specializing in various fertility treatments. Judicious use of water is encouraged early on in labor. If you dream about having a baby girl, you will have a baby boy There is no evidence to promote this. The hospital is one of the very few obstetric hospitals to produce a dedicated obstetric anesthetist for the provision of epidurals. It is crucial that both mothers and fathers are reassured that all is well. I find it important that we can reassure fathers about any concerns they may have, both about the early and later parts of the pregnancy and the work itself. If your blood pressure becomes significantly elevated, this can cause problems for both the mother and the baby. This refers to an enlarge in blood pressure occurring for the beginning time during pregnancy. This occurs when blood pressure has been donate earlier pregnancy. Sometimes the baby needs to be delivered early if the blood pressure is getting out of control. Maximum women experience breast tenderness hasty in pregnancy, but sometimes they can become very uncomfortable. Cesarean birth means that your baby will deliver through a small incision (cut) in your abdomen. A Cesarean is a major operation and for this reason recovery is longer than behind a vaginal birth. There is a 10 chance of a still birth if the uterus ruptures. If you are considering a vac it is urgent that you have had only one previous Cesarean section, that there are no abnormalities in the shape of the pelvis which might prevent a conventional vaginal delivery and that the baby is presenting by the head and that the baby is not too big. If the blood sugars are not normalized than gestational diabetes occurs. This may also provide a lofty risk of Cesarean section. Babies with diabetic mothers are more apt to have problems with breathing, low blood sugars at beginning and a high risk of a tall bilirubin slick causing jaundice. High blood pressure is one of most normal antenatal problems that occur during pregnancy. Lofty blood pressure can effect up to 10 of all pregnancies. There are added risks with twin pregnancies and you have a tall risk of developing anemia. If you have a medical disorder we like to optimism your medical fitness and medication and put into store other treatments which will make your pregnancy outcome better. Overall you experience increased ventilation due to deeper and more frequent breathing. Although this can be a normal phenomenon in pregnancy, if you have other medical disorders such as tall blood pressure, heart or kidney disease it is urgent you tell me about that immediately.