Fetal Medicine

As we all know mother has a special relationship with her child, its the most beautiful bond that a girl shares. A mother gives her heart to the baby and we all can understand how carefully that mother handles her pregnancy and every single thing related to it.

Fetal medicine is a branch of medicine that focuses on managing health concerns of mother and foetus prior to or during and shortly after pregnancy.

It is very important to take care about the health of mother as well as the baby during pregnancy. A pregnant lady can come across many health complications that can occur during child birth or after child birth. Some of the causes leads to mother death or maternal mortality.

Some of the common causes are maternal bleeding, maternal sepsis, infections, obstructed labour, miscarriage etc.

These health complications are related to the child even i.e fetal anomalies. These are the conditions which are present at birth. This leads to disabilities which can be physical, mental or developmental. They can be mild or severe causes for this can be genetic or certain medications or any kind of infections.

Maternal fetal medicine specialists are the physicians who deals with both the issues. They perform prenatal tests provide treatment and perform surgeries.

They also act as a consultant during complications they take care about hypertension, diabetes, twin or triplet

Pregnancy or they check whether the foetus has any chromosomal or congenital abnormalities.

They are trained for 3 years in assessment and management of high risk pregnancies. They have trainings in obstetric ultrasound, prenatal diagnosis using aminocentesis and management of high risk pregnancies.

It is very important field of medicine as it deals with two lives at a time. Whether its your 1st baby or 4th consulting your doctor is the most crucial step because many womens have pregnancy complications. It can be prior or during the pregnancy and a MFM specialist take care during pregnancy at delivery with the help of paediatric care team.

One can concern the MFM specialist before pregnancy if the women have pre-existing medical conditions like diabetes, renal diseases, or hypertension or any genetic risks.

Fetal medicine is that branch which saves two lives and many dreams from getting destroyed. Always concern a doctor before during and after pregnancy.