Specialists in maternal-fetal medicine have two to three years of additional formal education as well as clinical knowledge and experience in the obstetrical, medical, genetic and surgical complications of pregnancy and their effects on mother and child. They have advanced training in dealing with complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures during pregnancy.
FirstHealth UNC Maternal-Fetal Medicine at FirstHealth Moore Regional can assist in the care of your obstetric and gynecologic patients.
- Maternal medical conditions
- Hypertension
- Preeclampsia
- Diabetes
- Autoimmune disorders
- Medical complications in pregnancy
- Previous fetal demise
- Preterm labor
- Fetal anomalies
- Cervical insufficiency
- Maternal family history of
- Cardiac disease
- Renal disease
- Gastrointestinal disease
- Cystic fibrosis
- Other inherited or familial disorders
- Ultrasound interpretation
- Prenatal genetic testing and consultation counseling
- AFP blood test
- Antenatal serum screening
- Diagnostic fetal testing procedures or other in utero therapeutic techniques
- Blood sampling/transfusion
- Platelet infusion
- Fetal bladder stent placement
- Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
- Amniocentesis for maternal age or other factors
