The Birthplace
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
If you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant, and have a high risk of experiencing a medically complicated pregnancy, specialists at University of Minnesota Medical Center’s three Maternal-Fetal Medicine Centers are available to provide you with specialized care.
Patients must be referred to Maternal-Fetal Medicine Centers by their primary care physician. Referral form for physicians.
Our Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists are board certified in maternal fetal medicine. In addition, our maternal-fetal medicine team has the only physician in Minnesota who is dually trained in maternal-fetal medicine and clinical genetics.
Our Centers are part of the University of Minnesota National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, which serves as a national model to provide innovative, comprehensive and interdisciplinary care for women.
Our maternal-fetal medicine providers often collaborate with echocardiographers, genetic counselors, neonatologists, cardiologists, Ultrasonographers and registered nurses, among other specialists.
University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital is located on the same campus as the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center – Minneapolis. The children’s hospital has a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit that provides the highest level on neonatal intensive care available. Maternal-Fetal Medicine patients who receive care at our Edina and Burnsville locations also have access to these services.
Services
We provide care for women who are:
Women who have:
If you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant, and have a high risk of experiencing a medically complicated pregnancy, specialists at University of Minnesota Medical Center’s three Maternal-Fetal Medicine Centers are available to provide you with specialized care.
Patients must be referred to Maternal-Fetal Medicine Centers by their primary care physician. Referral form for physicians.
Our Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists are board certified in maternal fetal medicine. In addition, our maternal-fetal medicine team has the only physician in Minnesota who is dually trained in maternal-fetal medicine and clinical genetics.
Our Centers are part of the University of Minnesota National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, which serves as a national model to provide innovative, comprehensive and interdisciplinary care for women.
Our maternal-fetal medicine providers often collaborate with echocardiographers, genetic counselors, neonatologists, cardiologists, Ultrasonographers and registered nurses, among other specialists.
University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital is located on the same campus as the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center – Minneapolis. The children’s hospital has a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit that provides the highest level on neonatal intensive care available. Maternal-Fetal Medicine patients who receive care at our Edina and Burnsville locations also have access to these services.
Services
We provide care for women who are:
- Of advanced maternal age
- Pregnant with a child who has indications of an abnormality such as spina bifida or Down Syndrome
- Pregnant with multiples
Women who have:
- A history of preterm delivery
- A history of preterm labor
- An incompetent cervix
- Gestational diabetes
- History of preeclampsia
- Pre-existing medical conditions, such as cardiac disease or cystic fibrosis
- Prior fetal or neonatal death
- Recurrent pregnancy losses
Fairview features nearly 4,000 providers practicing at over 200 locations throughout the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area and beyond. Fairview Clinics, University of Minnesota Physicians and our independent partner clinics provide an exceptional care experience, while lowering the overall costs of health care.
Fairview features nearly 4,000 providers practicing at over 200 locations throughout the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area and beyond. Fairview Clinics, University of Minnesota Physicians and our independent partner clinics provide an exceptional care experience, while lowering the overall costs of health care.
Clinics:
Clinics:
- Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center - Burnsville
- Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center - Edina
- Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center - Minneapolis
Burnsville
- Fairview Ridges Hospital - Burnsville
- 201 Nicollet Blvd.
- Burnsville, MN 55337
- 952-892-2000
Edina
- Fairview Southdale Hospital
- 6401 France Ave S
- Edina, MN 55435
- 952-924-5000
Minneapolis
- The Birthplace
- Riverside Campus East Building, Fourth Floor 2414 Seventh St. S
- Minneapolis, MN 55454
- 612-273-4040
Princeton
- Fairview Northland Medical Center
- 911 Northland Dr
- Princeton, MN 55371
- (763) 389-1313
Red Wing
- Fairview Red Wing Medical Center
- 701 Fairview Blvd
- Red Wing, MN 55066
- (651) 267-5000
Wyoming
- Fairview Lakes Medical Center
- 5200 Fairview Blvd
- Wyoming, MN 55092
- (651) 982-7000, 800-571-7344, TTD/TTY 651-982-7339
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For New Mothers: Staying Fit After Delivery
Interacting with Your Premature Baby in the NICU
Labor and Childbirth: Thinking About a Birth Plan
Labor Induction
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Parto vaginal después de cesárea
Pregnancy Screening Tests
Pregnancy: More Common Questions
Reasons for a Cesarean Birth (C-Section)
Screening Tests for Newborns
Understanding Preeclampsia
Vaginal Birth: Your Experience
VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean)
Your Baby in the NICU: Understanding Infection
