Fetal medicine, known as maternal-fetal medicine (MFM), focuses on managing health conditions/complications of a mother and a fetus before, during, and immediately after pregnancy. The high-risk pregnancies are assessed and managed by Fetal Medicine Specialists – obstetricians or gynaecologists with additional training and board certification in high-risk pregnancy care.
fetal medicine specialists have extensive skills in managing high-risk pregnancies, which means any condition that may adversely affect the pregnancy outcome. Our competent FM Specialists can safely and effectively address the following medical complications of pregnancy:
- High blood pressure or hypertension
- Diabetes or other endocrine disorders
- Thyroid gland issues
- Clotting disorders
- Kidney or gastrointestinal disease
- Preeclampsia (toxemia)
- Infectious diseases
- Obesity
- Lupus in Pregnancy
- Women with a history of pregnancy complications, such as pre-term births, stillbirth, pre-eclampsia, and/or recurrent loss
- Multiple gestation – twins, triplets, or other multiples
- Problems with the fetus, such as birth defects, congenital anomalies, growth restriction, fetal anaemia, and other conditions
