Dr Bongi Makhubo

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Services includes :

• Antenatal care:Through antenatal care, mothers receive prenatal assessments improving their quality of life, reducing the chances of a high-risk pregnancy. A healthy pregnancy is a terrific start to motherhood, ensuring smooth childbirth. Dr Bongi Makhubo’s antenatal care consultations are informative, offering educational advice related to your child's nutrition, development, growth, health and overall wellbeing. Dr Makhubo, along with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare practitioners, fortifies the mother and her baby’s health screening for genetic abnormalities through routine ultrasounds and diagnostic assessments.
• Birth counselling: Pregnancy, along with delivery is different for every mother and her child. It’s essential to begin motherhood on a positive note, being confident with your selected birthing plan. Dr Bongi Makhubo offers a variety of birthing plans tailored to your needs from natural vaginal delivery to assisted delivery through caesarean or C-section. Dr Bongi Makhubo will inform new mothers on what to expect and how to prepare for birth.
• Family planning: With a particular interest in reproductive health, Dr Bongi Makhubo strives to empower women by giving them options related to birth control. Dr Makhubo’s family planning services cater to women of all ages, including young and matured women. In addition to family planning, Dr Makhubo specialises in treating abnormal uterine bleeding, heavy periods as well as sexually transmitted diseases and infections. Young women’s birth control needs are met with Dr Bongi Makhubo offering birth control options ranging from emergency contraception to hormonal contraceptives including birth control pills, vaginal rings and patches. She tailors her family planning services to each patient taking into account their medical history and life experiences, offering effective treatment plans for irregular menstrual cycles providing fertility counselling for women struggling to conceive.
• HPV screening and pap smear: The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) increases your chances of developing cervical cancer, altering and infecting skin cells. It's crucial to undergo a pap smear to screen for HPV because abnormal pap smear results are often a sign of HPV, however further tests need to be conducted to rule out the possibility of cancer. A pap smear detects cervical infections and abnormalities, often prompting further diagnostics for the gynaecologist to rule out cervical cancer, before finding the cause of irregular cells. If your pap smear results are unusual, Dr Bongi Makhubo will repeat the pap smear after six months utilising other diagnostic tests involving a magnifying lens and biopsy to examine the cervix. Dr Makhubo will discuss possible treatment options depending on your pap smear results, referring you to gynaecology oncologist for further treatment should cancer cells be found.
• Infertility: With a special focus on fertility and conception, Dr Bongi Makhubo strives to pinpoint the cause of infertility, from either the woman or man, treating the condition accordingly. During infertility counselling, couples will be asked a series of questions concerning their family history and genetics to get an understanding of any underlying conditions that may be contributing to their state of infertility. Dr Makhubo will conduct further diagnostics such as blood and semen tests including checking the compatibility of couples, diagnosing irregularities in the semen or egg sample. Usually, infertility in women is related to conditions of polyps, fibroids, abnormal uterine bleeding and a disease known as endometriosis. Surgery may be required if the cause of infertility is beyond standard treatment, and if this is the case, then Dr Bongi Makhubo will refer couples to a specialist surgeon.
• Preconception counselling: Preconception counselling aims to determine possible complications that may contribute to a high-risk pregnancy, addressing medical issues before conception. Preconception consultations involve standard questions related to your family history, genetics, including your gynaecological history. Previous pregnancies, use of contraceptives, history of pap smears, STDs and STIs and HPV are all addressed during preconception counselling. Dr Bongi Makhubo will also discuss lifestyle changes as well as assess your general emotional and mental wellbeing to ensure a safe and healthy pregnancy.
• Post-partum care: During the first six weeks after delivery, mothers will experience post-partum symptoms of physical changes and depression. New mothers potentially go through a period of baby blues, a mild form of postnatal depression. After giving birth, you may also go through a physical transition of backaches with leaky and sore breasts that may persist during the late stage of your baby’s development. Baby blues are standard in new mothers because of the drop in progesterone and oestrogen levels. In addition to depression and lethargy from a decline in thyroid levels, mothers may also experience blood pressure changes, potentially triggering post-partum depression. Dr Bongi Makhubo offers comprehensive post-partum care counselling services, guiding you through the challenges of motherhood assessing your physical and emotional health addressing baby blues, including post-partum depression.
• Post-partum contraception: New mothers need to consider contraceptive options from the onset after your menstrual cycle returns within three weeks after the delivery. Contraception after birth is vital to prevent an unplanned pregnancy that can occur a few months after delivery. In the first twenty-one days after birth, new mothers should consider post-partum contraception strictly using progesterone-only birth control best suited to them. Progesterone-pills as well as emergency contraception that is effective four days after intercourse may be utilised during this period, not affecting breast milk and infant development. Close-spaced and unintended pregnancies can be an emotional and financial burden for most women which is why it’s essential to consider safe and effective contraceptive options that Dr Bongi Makhubo will address during post-partum contraception counselling.