UT Medical Group, Inc.

UT Medical Group, Inc.'s division of Maternal/Fetal Medicine in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology includes Maternal/Fetal medicine specialists which is an obstetrician/gynecologist who has completed additional education and clinical experience within an American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) approved Maternal/Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program. Maternal/Fetal medicine specialists have advanced knowledge of the obstetrical, medical, genetic, and surgical complications of pregnancy and their effects on both the mother and fetus.

Here are a few reasons why a patient might be seen by Maternal/Fetal Medicine Specialists:

• Women undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures during pregnancy, such as:
  1. Comprehensive ultrasound
  2. Chorionic villus sampling
  3. Genetic amniocentesis, fetal surgery or treatment
• Women with medical or surgical disorders, such as:
  1. High blood pressure
  2. Pre-eclampsia (toxemia)
  3. Diabetes or other endocrine disorders
  4. Kidney or gastrointestinal disease
  5. Heart disease
  6. Infectious diseases
  
  
• Healthy women whose pregnancy is at markedly increased risk for adverse outcome, such as:
  1. Abnormal AFP (aplha fetoprotein) blood test
  2. Twins, triplets or more
  3. Recurrent pre-term labor and delivery
  4. Premature rupture of membranes
  5. Recurrent pregnancy loss
  6. Suspected fetal growth restriction (baby not growing enough)