A Mater clinic dedicated to pregnant women with small babies is helping to prevent stillbirth and other newborn complications. Mater Mothers' Hospital Fetal Growth Clinic, embedded within the Mater Centre for Maternal Fetal Medicine, is the first of its kind in Queensland and has supported more than 360 women in the past year with suspected small babies (estimated fetal weight below the 10th percentile). Mater Mothers' Hospital Senior Specialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics, Professor Sailesh Kumar, said small babies were at an increased risk of complications during pregnancy and after birth including stillbirth, neonatal death and brain injury.

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