Ochsner Maternal Fetal Medicine - Lafayette

Maternal & Fetal Medicine Obstetrics & Gynecology

Ochsner Maternal Fetal Medicine - Lafayette is a Maternal & Fetal Medicine Obstetrics & Gynecology practice in Lafayette, LA with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in caring for women with complicated or high-risk pregnancies. Maternal & Fetal Medicine Obstetricians & Gynecologists at Ochsner Maternal Fetal Medicine - Lafayette perform prenatal care for women with high-risk pregnancies; helps manage conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure in mothers-to-be, checks for birth defects, genetic disorders, heart problems, and blood disorders in developing babies; monitors labor and delivery; manages a mother's post-pregnancy conditions. Maternal & Fetal Medicine Obstetrics & Gynecology is the treatment and management of high-risk pregnancy. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Maternal & Fetal Medicine Obstetrics & Gynecology practices include high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, seizure disorders, blood clotting disorders, or infections. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Maternal & Fetal Medicine Obstetrics & Gynecology practices include prenatal ultrasound, amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, umbilical cord sampling, or emergency surgery.

An obstetrician/gynecologist who cares for, or provides consultation on, patients with complications of pregnancy. This specialist has advanced knowledge of the obstetrical, medical and surgical complications of pregnancy and their effect on both the mother and the fetus. The specialist also possesses expertise in the most current diagnostic and treatment modalities used in the care of patients with complicated pregnancies.