Kootenai Clinic Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) prioritizes the health and well-being of expectant mothers and their babies. Maternal Fetal Medicine is a specialized branch of obstetrics that focuses on the management of high-risk pregnancies and fetal complications. Our team of experts, including perinatologists, neonatologists, genetic counselors, and other specialists, collaborate to provide comprehensive care tailored to each patient’s unique needs. Our MFM team is committed to being accessible to patients to support and guide whenever necessary.
Maternal Fetal Medicine encompasses a wide range of services, including:
- Prenatal screenings
- Diagnostic testing
- Fetal monitoring
- Management of maternal conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and autoimmune disorders during pregnancy
Our goal is to optimize outcomes for both mother and baby, ensuring a safe and healthy pregnancy from preconception to birth, and beyond.
Conditions treated
- Abnormal alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
- Complex maternal or fetal cardiac disease
- Fetal anemia
- Fetal arrhythmia
- Fetal bladder outlet obstruction
- Fetal congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- Gastroschisis or omphalocele
- Inherited and acquired thrombophilias
- Lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO)
- Maternal rhesus (Rh) factor disease or atypical alloimmunization
- Placenta previa or placenta accreta
- Pregnancy complicated by cancer or transplant
- Spina bifida
- Twin-twin transfusion syndrome
- Twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence or acardiac twin
Tests and procedures
3D fetal ultrasound
- Abnormal alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) or quadruple screen test
- Chorionic villus sampling
- Fetal surgery
- Fetal therapy, including intrauterine blood transfusion, laser ablation of twin transfusion and radiofrequency ablation
- Fetal ultrasound and other sophisticated imaging technologies
- First trimester Down syndrome screening
- Genetic amniocentesis
- Increased maternal or paternal age
- Increased risks for genetic conditions
- Noninvasive prenatal testing
- Percutaneous umbilical blood sampling
- Targeted imaging for babies at risk of birth defects and fetal anomalies
Maternal care team
The maternal care team at Kootenai Clinic Maternal Fetal Medicine, uses a coordinated, multidisciplinary team approach to help women experiencing high-risk pregnancies. Services include:
- Care and counseling before pregnancy begins for women who have increased medical, surgical or genetic risks
- Integrated care for chronic conditions during pregnancy:
- Cancer
- Heart disease
- High blood pressure
- Pre-eclampsia and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
- Diabetes or endocrine disorders
- Gestational diabetes
- Kidney disease
- Infectious diseases
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Rheumatologic diseases
- Kootenai Health’s team of OB hospitalists works closely with our MFM team to provide a high level of care should a patient experience obstetric complications:
- Kootenai Health 24/7 OB ED
- Preterm labor and premature birth
- Multiple gestation
- Fetal growth disorders
- Recurrent pregnancy loss
