Obstetrics and Gynecology in Minnesota

Maternal and Fetal Medicine

The Maternal and Fetal Medicine group cares for women who have high-risk pregnancies involving obstetric, medical, surgical or genetic complications. These specialists complement obstetrical care providers, and can co-manage complex conditions before or during pregnancy.

Fetal Care Center

The Mayo Clinic Fetal Care Center uses a coordinated, multidisciplinary team approach to help women experiencing high-risk pregnancies. Fetal Care Center staff use imaging techniques to accurately diagnose babies with birth defects prenatally and then connect parents with a neonatologist and a pediatric subspecialist. This team of physicians and nurses helps coordinate any necessary intrauterine therapy, plans the route and timing of delivery and provides a smooth care transition for the newborn infant.

Available services in Maternal and Fetal Medicine include:

• Pre-conception care
• Care and counseling before pregnancy begins, for women who have increased medical, surgical or genetic risks.
• Genetic testing
• Abnormal AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) or quadruple screen test
• Increased maternal or paternal age
• Increased risks for genetic conditions
• First trimester Down syndrome screening
• Diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, including:
• Genetic amniocentesis
• Chorionic villous sampling
• Fetal blood sampling
• Fetal therapy, including intrauterine blood transfusion, laser ablation of twin transfusion and radio frequency ablation
• Obstetric ultrasound
• Integrated care for chronic conditions during pregnancy
• Cancer
• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Pre-eclampsia
• Diabetes or endocrine disorders
• Kidney disease
• Infectious diseases
• Gastrointestinal disorders
• Rheumatologic diseases
• Obstetric complications
• Preterm labor and preterm birth
• Multiple gestation
• Fetal growth disorders
• Recurrent pregnancy loss
• Targeted imaging for babies at risk for the following conditions:
• Increased risk of birth defects
• Fetal anomalies
• Twin-twin transfusion syndrome
• TRAP (twin-reversed arterial perfusion) sequence or acardiac twin
• Fetal anemia
• Fetal arrhythmia
• Abnormal AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) screening testing
• Increased maternal age

Physician staff