Overview of Fetal Concerns Center of Wisconsin

Comprehensive services

The Fetal Concerns Center is a cooperative joint effort between the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Birth Center and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. The program provides a full range of care when there is a health concern in your pregnancy. Program services include:

• Fetal diagnosis of birth defects.
• Counseling regarding the specific diagnosis.
• Access to prenatal treatments.
• Medical care of the infant.
• Linking families to support services.
• Specially trained nurse who helps schedule services.
• Help creating palliative care plans, when appropriate.

Conditions commonly treated through the Fetal Concerns Center include:

• Abdominal wall defects.
• Heart defects.
• Genetic disorders.
• Spina bifida and other neurosurgical anomalies.
• Chest lesions.
• Cleft lip and palate.
• Neurologic anomalies.
• Multiple fetuses and prematurity risk counseling.

Learn more about some common prenatal diagnoses.

The Fetal Concerns Center provides consultation and support throughout the pregnancy, delivery and the baby's first year. Learn more about program services.

Care for both mothers and babies under one roof

 The Froedtert & the Medical College Birth Center is located within Children's Hospital. Both hospitals offer the most advanced care. This means neither the mother nor the baby will need to be sent to another facility, no matter what complications arise. This makes it easier for the mother to breastfeed, bond with the baby and talk with the baby's care providers. It also is easier for family members to visit. Take a virtual tour of the Birth Center.

Specialized nurse coordinator

Expert staff

Many physicians at the Froedtert & the Medical College Birth Center and Children's Hospital are known throughout the U.S. and the world for the high level of care they provide.

The Birth Center has expert staff who specialize in high-risk pregnancies. All staff are board certified in obstetrics and gynecology, and several have received special certification in other areas, such as ultrasound and genetic counseling and testing.

Children's Hospital has physicians who specialize in more than 70 pediatric medical disciplines. The neonatal staff has extensive experience caring for critically ill babies with birth defects and those requiring immediate surgery and life-saving treatment. The Neonatology Program at Children's Hospital is ranked 5th in the nation by Parents magazine. Read more about why Children's Hospital is ranked among the best pediatric hospitals.

Learn more about our specialists, including detailed biographical information.

The power of teamwork

The Fetal Concerns Center uses a multidisciplinary team approach. Research shows that a team model of care enhances communication between physicians and patients, as well as among physicians. You and your family physician are important members of this team, along with Birth Center and Children's Hospital specialists.

State-of-the-art facilities

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children's Hospital cares for more than 700 neonates each year. Other NICUs throughout the state and northern Illinois refer their sickest newborns to Children's Hospital. The 43-bed, state-of-the-art facility has ample space to give babies the unique support they need to thrive and grow, including special pods for twins and triplets to allow families to stay together.