Antepartum Fetal Management is provided at three convenient outpatient locations (Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Newport News), which are strategically located in close proximity to Labor and Delivery units. The antenatal fetal testing units are staffed by experienced perinatal RNs with extensive fetal testing and monitoring experience.

Services include:

• Non-stress tests, which include monitoring of the baby’s heart rate
• Assessment of amniotic fluid volume using ultrasound
• Biophysical profile assessments performed with ultrasound to evaluate the baby’s movement, tone, and breathing exercises while in utero to access baby’s health and placental function
• Contraction stress tests to assess placenta function
• Doppler flow studies assess blood flow in baby’s vessels, as well as in the maternal uterine arteries, when indicated
• Amniocentesis assesses fetal lung maturity prior to elective delivery, when indicated