♪ [music] ♪

Maternal-fetal medicine physician is
somebody who is trained

as an obstetrician-gynecologist or OB-GYN
who then goes on to do extra training

in high-risk obstetrics.

In this field what we're doing is we're
taking care of moms and fetuses,

there's really two patients.

When something
is not going quite right or there's the

potential for something to not go quite
right in the pregnancy

we utilize a lot of ultrasound because
that gives us, you know, a

real-time look at the fetus and how the
baby's doing.

We do some advanced screening techniques
through blood work and then there are

some procedures, diagnostic procedures
that we do commonly one being chorionic

villus sampling where we might take a
sample of the placenta to do some genetic

testing or amniocentesis where we take a
sample of the amniotic fluid around the

fetus to do testing.

I love my job.

For me, there's a lot of satisfaction in
taking care of moms and families

during what is often a very
anxiety-provoking or scary time for them.

Usually, patients are coming to me because
something is going on,

and so I enjoy walking with them through
that process.

♪ [music] ♪