A continuum of care for high-risk pregnancies

Midwest Fetal Care Center offers mothers with high-risk pregnancy and babies with abnormal conditions a continuum of care that is among the best in the nation. From evaluation and diagnosis to fetal surgery and follow-up care, our fetal program offers mothers and babies all the experts and technology they will need in one convenient location.

We understand that high-risk pregnancy is difficult. That’s why our teams of experts work together to offer you and your baby unparalleled coordination of all the critical details of your care.

Conditions treated

Our fetal care program can diagnose and treat a full range of congenital diseases and other high-risk conditions, including:

Abdominal wall defects
- Bladder exstrophy
- Gastroschisis
- OEIS complex (omphalocele, exstrophy of the cloaca, imperforate anus, and spine abnormalities)
- Omphalocele
Amniotic band syndrome
Cleft lip and cleft palate
Cloacal exstrophy
Club foot
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
Congenital heart disease
- Aortic valve stenosis
- Atrioventricular canal defect
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Complete atrioventricular septal defect
- Double outlet right ventricle
- Ebstein anomaly
- Heterotaxy syndrome
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Interrupted aortic arch
- Pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum
- Pulmonary stenosis
- Tetralogy of fallot
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous return
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Tricuspid atresia
- Truncus arteriosus
- Ventricular septal defect
Congenital lung malformations
- Bronchial-pulmonary sequestration (BPS)
- Bronchial atresia
- Bronchogenic cyst
- Congenital pulmonary malformations (CPAM)
- Pleural effusion
Congenital high airway obstruction (CHAOS)
- Laryngeal atresia
Craniosynostosis
Fetal tumors
- Liver tumors
- Lymphangioma (Cystic Hygroma)
- Neuroblastoma
- Renal tumors
- Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT)
Gastrointestinal disorders
- Choledochal cyst
- Cysts (intra-abdominal)
- Dilated bowel
- Duodenal atresia
- Imperforate anus
- Intestinal (Jejunal, Ileal, colonic) atresia
- Tracheoesophageal fistula and esophageal atresia
Genetic conditions
Genitourinary problems
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Duplicating collecting system
- Echogenic kidneys
- Lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO)
  - Bladder outlet obstruction
  - Posterior urethral valves
- Multicystic kidney disease (MCKD)
- Ovarian cysts
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Renal agenesis
- Renal cysts
- Urinary tract dilation
  - Hydronephrosis
  - Pelviectasis
  - Pyelectasis
  - UPJ obstruction
Hydrops fetalis
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)
Multiple pregnancy
Micrognathia and agnathia
Neck masses
- Cervical teratoma
Neurologic disorders
- Agenesis of the corpus callosum
- Anencephaly
- Arachnoid cysts
- Dandy-Walker malformation and variants
- Encephalocele
- Hydrocephalus
  - Aqueductal stenosis
  - Ventriculomegaly
- Holoprosencephaly
- Macrocephaly
- Porencephaly
- Microcephaly
- Spina bifida (Myelomeningocele)
- Vein of Galen aneurysm
Oligohydramnios
Polyhydramnios
Skeletal dysplasia
- Achondroplasia
- Achondrogenesis
- Arthrogryposis
- Diastrophic dysplasia
- Osteogenesis imperfect (OI)
- Thanatophoric dysplasia
Twin-to-twin-transfusion syndrome
Other twin-related conditions
- Conjoined twins
- Selective intra-uterine growth restriction (sIUGR)
- Twin anemia-polycythemia sequence (TAPS)
- Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence (TRAPS)

Services

A high-risk pregnancy deserves the best care, so that’s what we provide. Here are several of the key services we offer based on your customized diagnosis and treatment plan:

Genetic counseling
- Amniocentesis
- Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
- Ultrasound markers for aneuploidy
  - Echogenic intracardiac foci (EIF)
  - Choroid plexus cyst (CPC)
  - Elevated nuchal translucency (NT)/nuchal fold (NF)
Fetal imaging
- Fetal echocardiogram
- Ultrafast fetal MRI
- High-resolution fetal ultrasound
Fetal transfusion
- Isoimmunization
Operative fetoscopy
Fetoscopic selective laser ablation
Ex-utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT)
- Giant neck mass
- Facial/airway conditions
- Congenital high airway obstruction (CHAOS)
- Laryngeal atresia
Open fetal surgery (OFS)
- Neural tube defect repair