The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview offers a comprehensive range of personalized obstetrical care and fetal diagnosis and treatment services for pregnant women who are at risk for or experiencing a medically complicated pregnancy. University of Minnesota Physicians – world-renowned experts who combine compassion and innovation to achieve superior health outcomes for patients – work closely with patients’ primary care providers to support each patient’s care plan. The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center at University of Minnesota Medical Center is an integral component of a designation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health through the University of Minnesota.

Conditions We Treat

Prior Pregnancy Complications

• Isoimmunization
• Incompetent cervix
• History of preeclampsia
• History of preterm labor
• Gestational diabetes and history thereof
• Hyperemesis gravidarum
• Recurrent pregnancy losses
• Prior fetal or neonatal death

Current Pregnancy-related indications

• Abnormal biochemical screen
• Size greater than dates
• Size less than dates
• Polyhydramnios
• Oligohydramnios
• Multiple gestation
• Preterm labor
• Preeclampsia
• Previous stillbirth
• Bleeding
• Placenta previa
• Placental abruption
• Uncertain dates

Fetal Indications

• Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) – known or suspected
• Macrosomia
• Hydrops fetalis
• Arrhythmia
• Congenital anomaly, known or suspected
• Chromosomal abnormality
• Abnormal lie
• Decreased fetal activity
• Fetal demise
• Biometric inconsistencies
• Cystic hygroma
• Cervical/Sacroccygeal teratomas
• Gastroschisis
• Ompholocele
• Skeletal dysplasias
• Bladder outlet obstruction
• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
• Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung (CCAM)
• Pyelectasis/hydronephrosis
• Twin to twin transfusion syndrom (TTTS)
• Fetal chromosome abnormalities

-Down syndrome
-Trisomy 13
-Trisomy 18

• Fetal cardiac malformations
• Spina bifida
• Duodenal atresia

Treatments We Offer

• Integrated first trimester nuchal translucency/biochemical marker screens
• Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
• First trimester screening
• Integrated first and second trimester screening
• 4-D Ultrasound

Contact Information

Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center
at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
606 24th Ave. S., Suite 400
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612-273-2223