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All OHSU Health partners have OB-GYNs and/or certified nurse-midwives able to support vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) as an option for women who have had a previous cesarean birth. We have a high success rate: About 80% of the women who try to give birth vaginally after a cesarean with us achieve their goal.

OHSU Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists provide services at all OHSU Health partner locations to allow mothers to stay closer to home and their personal support networks. These specialists work as part of a multidisciplinary team of OB-GYN physicians, certified nurse-midwives, neonatology specialists, anesthesiologists, certified lactation consultants, genetic experts and specialty nurses who collectively provide a spectrum of services for mothers‑to‑be.

Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists in the community

OHSU has the most advanced fetal therapy program between Seattle and San Francisco that combines experts in maternal-fetal medicine with the region’s largest team of children’s specialists.

• Specialists for adult and pediatric patients in areas such as oncology, cardiology, diabetes, renal disease, high blood pressure and surgery, all in one place
• Connection to one of the nation’s top children’s hospitals with a Level IV NICU
• The latest treatments for complex fetal conditions
• A neonatology care team standing by during all surgical and high-risk deliveries
• Prenatal genetic counseling for women who have medical illnesses, increased risk for genetic complications or maternal age above 35
• A Maternal Cardiac Program
• Advanced obstetric ultrasounds, including:
  • First trimester dating and nuchal translucency measurement
  • Second trimester anatomy survey
  • Third trimester growth scans, doppler and biophysical profile
  • Invasive prenatal diagnosis
• Fetal MRI
• Fetal cardiology, including fetal echocardiogram

Contact us

OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital specialists are always happy to speak with you.

Please call the OHSU Physician Advice and Referral Service at 888-346-0644 for pediatric patients, or 503‑494‑4567 for adult patients. To refer a patient, please fax to 503-346-6854.