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Our Maternity Center has been nationally recognized with top honors as a five-ribbon hospital on Newsweek’s list of America’s Best Maternity Hospital, as Best Maternity Hospitals | US News and Blue Distinction Center for Maternity by Blue Cross Blue Shield. Our Maternity and Childbirth Center also received “best of” distinction in Central Massachusetts.
If you’re experiencing a high-risk pregnancy or have certain medical conditions that could make a pregnancy risky, you can trust UMass Memorial Medical Center to safely guide you through pregnancy. Our maternal-fetal medicine specialists are the region’s only doctors with advanced training in high-risk obstetrics, offering a high level of care you won’t find anywhere else in Central Massachusetts.
A high-risk pregnancy is one in which certain conditions put you, your developing fetus or both at higher-than-normal risk for complications during pregnancy and/or after your baby’s birth. These conditions can include:
Our high-risk pregnancy doctors provide complete and attentive obstetric care before and during your pregnancy. Our services include:
For information about special tests for monitoring fetal well-being, please visit the ACOG.
In addition to doctors, your care team at the Medical Center includes nurses, social workers, dieticians, genetic counselors and ultrasonographers. This team works closely with you and your obstetrician to find answers and safely guide you through a complicated pregnancy.
For added confidence, we also offer the region’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) – a unit designed to care for newborns with any problems 24/7.