HMH - Maternal Fetal Medicine - Edison
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Our specialists provide consultation, diagnosis and treatment in collaboration with a patient’s private obstetrician.
Our OB/GYN physicians and technicians have advanced training and experience in caring for women with risk factors that may lead to a high risk pregnancy. If and when a fetal condition is diagnosed, our well trained team works closely with your OB/GYN to explore your options. With advanced knowledge of obstetrical, medical and surgical conditions of pregnancy, our team helps develop a maternity care plan for you and your baby to ensure the best possible outcome.
Our specialists provide consultation, diagnosis and treatment in collaboration with a patient’s private obstetrician.
Our OB/GYN physicians and technicians have advanced training and experience in caring for women with risk factors that may lead to a high risk pregnancy. If and when a fetal condition is diagnosed, our well trained team works closely with your OB/GYN to explore your options. With advanced knowledge of obstetrical, medical and surgical conditions of pregnancy, our team helps develop a maternity care plan for you and your baby to ensure the best possible outcome.
You may be in need of our services if you:
- Are 35 years of age or older
- Have a multiple gestation (twins, triplets or more)
- Have a serious medical condition (such as high blood pressure, diabetes and/or heart disease)
- Have a history of pregnancy-related complications (premature delivery, preeclampsia and/or gestational diabetes)
- Are carrying a baby with birth defects or had a previous pregnancy with birth defects
- Had recurrent miscarriages
- Have abnormal placentation (such as placenta accreta, where the placenta is invading into the uterus)
- Developed cancer(s) during pregnancy
- Have history of renal transplant, pancreatic transplant and/or bone marrow transplant
Our Services
Our services include preconception counseling for those considering pregnancy with previous complications or for those with an acute or chronic medical condition.
Comprehensive diagnostic testing and therapeutics are provided to those who are pregnant.
Our diagnostic procedures include:
- First trimester screening
- Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
- Comprehensive and targeted ultrasonography
- Amniocentesis
- First and second trimester biochemical and ultrasound screening tests
- Percutaneous umbilical blood sampling (PUBS)
- Biophysical profile
- Doppler velocimetry
- Fetal echocardiography
Conditions
- Pre-existing conditions affecting the mother
- Complications of pregnancy that affect the mother
- Multiple fetuses
- Genetic disorders or other abnormalities of the fetus
- Surgical management of the obstetrical patient
- Management of the critically ill patient
- Intrauterine fetal procedures
- Diagnosis and management of fetal anomalies
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM)
- Congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS)
- Gastroschisis
- Omphalocele
- Hydrocephalus
- Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT)
- Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence (TRAP)
- Twin – Twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS)
- Fetal reduction
- And many other fetal anomalies (structural, genetic or perhaps syndromic)