Caroline's Story: A Long Labor of Love
During the summer of 2021, Caroline and her husband, Ryan, found out they were expecting a daughter, due on St. Patrick’s Day.
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The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Program (MFM) at Massachusetts General Hospital provides obstetric subspecialty care to families with complicated or high-risk pregnancies. Complications in pregnancy can arise for many reasons, including:
Our Maternal-Fetal Medicine providers offer comprehensive obstetric care and can also work in consultation with the patient’s primary obstetric provider to assist in management of specific issues. Our work with other specialists across Mass General to provide interdisciplinary care and expertise is central to our approach. This allows us to provide comprehensive care to women and their families before, during and after pregnancy.
Our subspecialist maternal-fetal physicians have in-depth expertise in all areas of high-risk obstetrics, as well as the skills and experience to treat critically ill women and perform the most complex prenatal and childbirth-related procedures.
We care for women with all kinds of pregnancy complications. Some of the more common conditions we treat are:
Our maternal-fetal medicine subspecialists provide comprehensive or consultative specialty care to families with complicated or “high-risk” pregnancies, whether due to the mother’s medical history, a complication arising in pregnancy, or a fetal complication.
The research of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division addresses a broad range of clinical and translational topics affecting the care of pregnant women.
Our research is carried out in the Deborah Kelly Center and the Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology.
We are committed to providing the highest quality high-risk obstetrical care in a patient-centered environment, while contributing to the academic field through research and teaching.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mass General has advanced the science and the quality of care for women since 1891.
We provide state-of-the-art, individualized care.
Mass General is the #1 hospital in New England based on U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals for 2022-2023.
The MFM Fellowship provides a broad education in all aspects of maternal-fetal medicine and trains graduates to become leaders in the field..
During the summer of 2021, Caroline and her husband, Ryan, found out they were expecting a daughter, due on St. Patrick’s Day.
Anna Haring is a mom of two young girls. She’s a board-certified clinical specialist in neurologic physical therapy and highly values research. After her traumatic birth experience with her younger daughter, she learned about the childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research.
The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is pleased to expand urogynecological care for patients on the North Shore. We provide comprehensive urogynecologic evaluation and treatment for female pelvic floor problems to help patients return to their lifestyle.
Maternal SARS‐CoV‐2 positivity during pregnancy was associated with nearly two-fold higher odds of a neurodevelopmental diagnosis at 12 months of age among male children.
Learn more about how Gabriela Lupatkin, LICSW, a social worker at the Mass General Fertility Center supports patients navigating infertility.
We believe each patient is an important member of her own care team and education is the cornerstone of our care. Find answers to some of the most common questions about pregnancy.
We are committed to providing the highest quality high-risk obstetrical care. Contact us to learn more about the conditions we treat.