Fetal Concerns Center

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin's Fetal Concerns Center is a national leader in fetal care, recognized for innovative treatments that are guided by exemplary research to produce the best outcomes for a mother and her fetus. Since 2000, the Fetal Concerns Center has been dedicated to a comprehensive team approach to provide the kind of care that you'd expect from one of the best pediatric hospitals in the country. When you come to the Fetal Concerns Center, you can expect:

Specialty programs to address every concern

• We are integrated with a deep network of specialists from Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital & The Medical College of Wisconsin to address a range of concerns, including expert multi-fetal pregnancy management, fetal heart care and neonatal intensive care.
• Our care also extends beyond the fetus as we are well-equipped to care for pregnant mothers who have adult congenital heart disease.
• This expert care continues after the birth of your baby, as we are equipped to provide subspecialty care and treatment to your baby immediately after birth, all at the same location as the delivery.

Coordination of care

• Whatever services or appointments you may need during pregnancy, our nurse care coordinators will work to individualize care, act as a patient advocate, and serve as a dedicated, consistent point of contact throughout your pregnancy.
• Our providers work very closely with referring providers and other specialists involved in the mother’s ongoing care to ensure that both mother and baby are receiving the best possible care.
• Pediatric subspecialties that may be needed to treat the baby after birth are available 24/7.
• Traveling a long distance? The Ronald McDonald House is available to families who travel for care through the Fetal Concerns Center, and can be arranged through your dedicated care coordinator.

Access to world-class NICU and surgical services

• Children's level IV NICU (highest level possible) is the largest in the state, with 70 private rooms.
• We're the only Level I Children’s Surgery Center (highest level possible) in the state.
• Children's NICU offers highly experienced staff and state-of-the-art equipment that can handle all neonatal health concerns - no matter what type of complications may arise.
• Our NICU is located directly next to the Froedtert Birth Center, eliminating the need for an ambulance ride while keeping mom and baby together after delivery. Research shows that outcomes improve when the delivery room and NICU are close together, allowing mom and baby to be together after delivery.
• Children's is the only NICU in the state to host the March of Dimes Family Support Program, which provides information and comfort to families of premature and other critically ill newborns.

Planning and services, even if you deliver at another hospital

• If your baby does not require emergency care after birth, you can choose to deliver your baby at another hospital of your choice.
• Fetal Concerns Center staff will help you plan for your baby's follow-up care by providing education and counseling.

Clinical leaders in experience and expertise

• Our maternal fetal medicine specialists provide expert, evidence-based, state-of-the-art prenatal evaluation, diagnostics and medical treatment for numerous fetal conditions.
• The Fetal Concerns Center physician team of neonatologists, maternal fetal medicine specialists and fetal & pediatric surgeons have more than 140 combined years of experience.
• Children Hospital of Wisconsin was ranked among the nation’s best for cardiology in U.S. News & World Report's 2018-19 Best Children's Hospitals report, and we are proud to be recognized by the American College of Surgeons as a Level 1 Children's Surgery Center.

Commitment to ongoing innovation

• As the Fetal Concerns Center is part of a "learning hospital", our faculty has produced nationally published research and position statements on fetal myelomeningeocele repairs and other fetal interventions.
• We are a member with North American Fetal Therapy Network (NAFTNet), a national clinical research consortium.
• Our physicians are currently leading a research study on improving gastroschisis outcomes (The GOOD Study).