If the care required goes beyond the skill of the family practice doctor, then they will often refer to an obstetrician or maternal fetal medicine specialist. (tulsafamilydoulas.com)
Dr. Jeff Chapa, director of maternal fetal medicine at the Cleveland Clinic — who did not work on the study, but had reviewed it — argued that many high - risk women should not attempt a home birth at all. (huffingtonpost.com)
«It involves actually physically turning the baby by placing hands on the woman's uterus to almost help the baby do somersaults inside the uterus,» Joanne Stone, MD, director of maternal fetal medicine for the Mount Sinai Health System in New York, previously told Health. (health.com)