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Maternal-fetal Medicine

 Maternal–fetal medicine (MFM), also referred to as perinatology. Maternal fetal medicine is an obstetrics subspecialty that focuses on diagnosis, treatment and care of expectant mothers and their unborn babies, who could also be at high risk for special health problems. The sector of maternal-fetal medicine is one among the foremost rapidly evolving fields in medicine, especially with reference to the fetus. Maternal–fetal medicine began to emerge as a discipline within the 1960s. Progress in research and technology helped physicians in diagnosing and treating the fetal complications in utero, whereas earlier, obstetricians could only believe pulse monitoring and maternal reports of foetal movement. Advances in research and technology allowed physicians to diagnose and treat fetal complications in utero, whereas previously, obstetricians could only believe pulse monitoring and maternal reports of foetal movement. The sector of maternal-fetal medicine is one among the foremost rapidly evolving fields in medicine, especially with reference to the fetus. Research is being carried on within the field of fetal gene and stem cell therapy in hope to supply early treatment for genetic disorders, open fetal surgery for the correction of birth defects like congenital heart disease, and therefore the prevention of preeclampsia. Maternal–fetal medicine specialists treat the patients who fall within certain levels of maternal care. These levels correspond to health risks for the baby, mother, or both, during pregnancy.  

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