Maternal-Fetal Medicine (High-Risk Pregnancies)

Our maternal-fetal medicine specialists (MFMs) provide complete care for high-risk pregnancies starting as early as 5 weeks and through delivery.

Maternal-fetal medicine specialists are Ob/Gyns who have received extensive, additional medical education for providing specialized evaluation to diagnose and care for pregnancies that have a higher potential for complications.

There are many conditions that could make a pregnancy high-risk, including:

• Asthma during pregnancy
• Obesity during pregnancy
• Diabetes during pregnancy
• Heart conditions during pregnancy
• Geriatric pregnancy (pregnancy at or after age 35)
• Twins or multiple babies
• Previous miscarriage or stillbirth
• and many more. 

Patients with high-risk pregnancies rely on UT Health San Antonio’s MFM experts for genetic testing, prenatal diagnosis and treatment, advanced 4-D ultrasounds, surgery and specialized evaluation for pregnancy risks such as birth defects and genetic disorders.

Each of our high-risk patients is given direct access to a specially trained nurse called a perinatal coordinator. Perinatal coordinators are dedicated to ensuring both mom and baby receive the care they need throughout pregnancy and answering any questions the family may have.

Make an appointment with a high-risk pregnancy specialist

Please call 210-450-9500 to make an appointment with one of our maternal-fetal medicine specialists.