Maternal-Fetal Medicine

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Maternal-Fetal Medicine

For healthier mothers, healthier babies, safer births

Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women specializes in the care of women with high-risk pregnancies.

We are known for expertly addressing the needs of mothers and babies throughout these complex pregnancies, and for the outcomes we achieve.

What is a High-Risk Pregnancy?

If you have a high-risk pregnancy, it means your pregnancy poses a threat to your health or life, or the health or life of your baby.

It also means you require expert care and careful monitoring from physicians who specialize in high-risk pregnancies and births – known as maternal-fetal medicine specialists – to keep you and your baby safe.

Maternal-fetal medicine physicians, also known as perinatologists, work together with your obstetrician, providing additional, specialized care throughout your pregnancy and delivery.

Experience Counts

Our maternal-fetal medicine specialists are experienced in managing the full range of high-risk pregnancies, from women with chronic health conditions to those facing urgent life-threatening complications.

We can help with high-risk pregnancies caused by:

• Health conditions that exist before pregnancy, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and kidney disease, among others
• Previous pregnancy complications, such as preterm labor or preeclamsia
• Fetal congenital anomalies
• Multiple births
• Conditions that develop during pregnancy, such as preeclampsia or eclampsia, placenta accreta spectrum, and placenta previa
• Advanced maternal age
• Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC)

You’ve Come to the Right Place

With our specialized focus, full range of services, and state-of-the-art facilities, our goal is to provide everything you need to achieve the healthiest possible pregnancy, and everything your baby needs for the healthiest possible start to life.