Services

Maternal Fetal Medicine Center

The Maternal Fetal Medicine Center is a comprehensive maternal and newborn service line, assessing high-risk patients and/or those women who may be bearing high-risk fetus, which will require a high level of specialized care, some of which are not available anywhere else in Western New York.

High Risk Care & Consultations

The Maternal Fetal Medicine Center at Oishei Children's Hospital is a center for obstetrical services, with equipment, and medical specialists in a renovated facility for women expecting high-risk concerns associated with pregnancy. High-risk patients are cared for by maternal-fetal specialists, women's health nurse practitioners, obstetrical nurse clinician, certified diabetic nutritionists, OB social worker and registration staff. This team is responsible for the overall quality care during a patient's pregnancy.

Services

• Preconception counseling
• Genetic evaluation by a certified genetic counselor
• Prenatal screening and diagnosis (first and second trimester)
• Prenatal cardiac evaluation
• Ultrasound screening (targeted anomaly exams, nuchal translucency) including 3D/4D
• Management of multiple gestation
• Diabetic monitoring and testing
• Diagnosis and management of fetal anomalies, e.g. congenital diaphragmatic hernia, abdominal wall defects, lung lesions, twin transfusion syndrome, skeletal dysplasia
• CVS/amniocentesis/PUBS/fetal transfusions
• Consultation of chronic maternal medical conditions
• Social work
• Nutritional counseling