High-risk pregnancy

All pregnancies carry some risks, but certain conditions and factors can make a pregnancy high risk for you and your baby.

Our board-certified maternal-fetal medicine doctors, or perinatologists, identify, treat and manage all types of conditions in high-risk pregnancies, including:

• Advanced maternal age
• Being overweight or underweight
• Fetal anemia
• Gestational diabetes
• Heart disease
• Hypertension
• Kidney disease
• Multiple pregnancies
• Placenta accreta spectrum disorders
• Pre-eclampsia
• Preterm labor
• Suspected fetal anomalies
• Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome

High-risk pregnancies require thorough and frequent prenatal care. Regardless of your condition, our maternal-fetal medicine experts have the expertise, training, and resources to support you through a healthy pregnancy and delivery.

Covering a five-state region and beyond, our high-risk pregnancy program offers a comprehensive approach to obstetric, neonatal, and surgical care for women dealing with complex pregnancy conditions that may jeopardize the health of the mother, the unborn child, or both. When a disorder is identified before birth, perinatal specialists collaborate closely with referring OB/GYNs and a team of specialized pediatric surgeons and neonatologists.

We offer patients comprehensive care tailored to their complex medical needs. Placenta accreta is a potentially life-threatening condition that can affect you and your baby. Thus, it is critical to receive care from an experienced obstetrician who has specialized knowledge about this condition.

HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke’s is a regional leader and Center of Excellence for treating and diagnosing placenta accreta spectrum disorder. Our multidisciplinary medical and surgical teams work together to create an individualized plan for each patient and use the latest and most advanced tools and technology to help you have a safe delivery.

At HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, we work closely with the expert team at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children’s Center for Maternal Fetal Health – located right here within our hospital – to ensure you receive the most advanced care available for high-risk pregnancies.

HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children’s has the largest and most experienced maternal-fetal care program in the Rocky Mountain region. It is also home to the area’s only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and a Level IV Maternal Care program.

If your pregnancy or newborn requires specialized monitoring or treatment, our care team will coordinate seamlessly with the maternal-fetal medicine specialists at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children’s Hospital.

Learn more about the maternal-fetal care program at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children’s at Presbyterian St. Luke’s.

If you are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant, our maternal-fetal medicine physicians offer a variety of services to help you through your high-risk pregnancy.

• Comprehensive care:
  • 24/7 obstetric anesthesiologists dedicated to labor and delivery services
  • 24/7 telephone access to maternal-fetal medicine doctors
  • Preconception counseling
  • Routine prenatal care
• Diagnostic imaging:
  • 3D/4D imaging
  • Doppler studies
  • Fetal echocardiography
  • Routine and detailed ultrasounds
• Genetic services and prenatal testing:
  • Amniocentesis
  • Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
  • Genetic counseling
• Intrauterine fetal surgery
  • Fetal transfusion
  • Percutaneous umbilical blood sampling
  • Twin-to-twin laser ablation

Perinatal navigators are a special resource for patients with complicated pregnancies to help them receive the best care possible. They serve as a bridge between you and your care team and will advocate for your and your baby's health and well-being.

Our perinatal navigation program provides:

• Personalized care coordination for a seamless patient experience
• Comprehensive, multidisciplinary collaboration
• Individualized patient education, emotional support and access to community resources

When a higher level of care is needed, HCA HealthONE’s AirLife team gets high-risk obstetric patients and newborns to the best facilities as quickly as possible. Our specialized transport teams are available 24/7, ensuring mothers and newborns get the critical care they need.

Experienced obstetrical nurses staff HCA HealthONE’s AirLife Maternal Fetal Transport team and is the only high-risk OB transport service in Colorado. Our AirLife Neonatal Transport Team comprises a neonatal registered nurse (RN) or neonatal respiratory therapist (RT) and a neonatal nurse practitioner.

• 24-hour maternal transport line/Urgent consultations: (800) 537-6569
• 24-hour NICU transport line: (800) 788-5875
• Center for Maternal Fetal Health: (720) 754-4902 (Prenatal patient referral)
• Genetic counseling: (720) 754-4905
• Outpatient appointments with Obstetrix Medical Group of Colorado: (303) 860-9990