Antenatal Care in Dubai: Your Pregnancy, Trimester by Trimester
Antenatal care is the series of visits, scans and blood tests that check on you and the baby through pregnancy, timed so that each is done when it gives the most information. At Smart Care Polyclinic in Deira, it is provided by female obstetrician-gynaecologists with ultrasound in the room, and arranged as trimester packages or a full-pregnancy package so nothing is missed and the cost is known in advance.
For: every pregnancy, from a positive test to delivery planning
Visits: roughly monthly, then fortnightly, then weekly
Price: packages from the first trimester; full pregnancy AED 3,499
What it is
The first trimester sets the calendar. A scan between 11 and 14 weeks confirms the pregnancy is in the womb, counts the babies, dates the pregnancy from the baby's length, and measures the nuchal translucency that, with blood tests, gives a chance of chromosomal conditions.1 Booking blood tests check your blood group, iron, immunity and infections that matter in pregnancy, and the visit is where blood pressure, weight and any risk factors are recorded.
The second trimester is the anomaly scan. Between about 18 and 22 weeks the baby is examined structure by structure — brain, face, spine, heart, kidneys, limbs — with the placenta and fluid checked at the same time.2 Blood sugar screening for gestational diabetes falls here too.
The third trimester is about growth and readiness. Growth scans estimate the baby's weight and check the fluid and blood flow, blood pressure and urine are watched for pre-eclampsia, the baby's position is confirmed, and delivery is planned with the hospital of your choice. Each scan and test is explained on its own page under pregnancy scans, with the guidelines it follows.
Who provides it
Two female specialist obstetrician-gynaecologists, with ultrasound performed in the consultation rather than booked separately, so what is seen is discussed with you immediately. Consultations are AED 150 outside a package; the packages bundle the visits, scans and tests for each trimester at a lower total.
Delivery
The birth takes place in hospital. Smart Care is an outpatient clinic, so antenatal care here runs alongside the hospital where you deliver, and the gynaecologist hands over your records. Dr Rasheeda J. Bhavnagarwala performs normal deliveries and caesarean sections in hospital. Delivery packages with Dr Rasheeda J. Bhavnagarwala — normal delivery AED 7,000, C-section AED 12,500 — are paid to the clinic in instalments: 25% down in the first trimester, then AED 820 a month.
The consultation, and what follows from it
Gynaecology consultation, with ultrasound
Assessment, examination and a plan with every cost stated before anything further is done.
AED 150 was AED 250
Booknormal AED 7,000, C-section AED 12,500, from AED 820 a month
all three trimesters, AED 3,499
each scan, what it looks for, and when
Questions patients ask
As soon as you have a positive test. The first visit confirms the pregnancy, starts folic acid and iron if not already taken, and books the dating scan for 11 to 14 weeks, which is the one window that cannot be revisited.
Each trimester package bundles the consultations, the scans and the blood tests for that stage; the full pregnancy package covers all three at AED 3,499. The package pages list every item, and the gynaecologist confirms at the first visit that it suits your pregnancy.
Yes. Both obstetrician-gynaecologists at Smart Care Polyclinic are women.
Yes. Normal delivery (AED 7,000) and caesarean section (AED 12,500) packages at a partner hospital in Dubai, paid through the clinic: 25% down in the first trimester, then AED 820 a month. Already in your second or third trimester? Contact us and we will discuss instalment options with you.
This guide is general information, not advice about you. Symptoms overlap between conditions, and the gynaecologist's history, examination and ultrasound are what decide your assessment and treatment.
References
- Salomon LJ, Alfirevic Z, Bilardo CM, Chalouhi GE, et al.. ISUOG practice guidelines: performance of first-trimester fetal ultrasound scan. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2013;41(1):102-13. PMID 23280739. doi:10.1002/uog.12342The international guideline on the first-trimester scan, including the 11 to 13 weeks 6 days window in which nuchal translucency can be measured and dating is most accurate.
- Salomon LJ, Alfirevic Z, Berghella V, Bilardo CM, et al.. ISUOG Practice Guidelines (updated): performance of the routine mid-trimester fetal ultrasound scan. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2022;59(6):840-856. PMID 35592929. doi:10.1002/uog.24888The international guideline on the mid-trimester anomaly scan — when it is performed, what is examined, and what it can and cannot detect.
Sources are listed for the specific statements they support. They are published research and guidance, not a substitute for a consultation — what applies to you is decided by a doctor who has assessed you.
Read more: Your Pregnancy Scans in Dubai: What Happens at Each Trimester