Obstetrics
OB patients at UW Medicine If you’re looking for information about reproductive services, please visit Reproductive Care.

For more details about our gynecologic care, take a look at our Gynecology page.


One of the most life-changing events in a woman’s life is having a baby. UW Medicine Obstetrics provides comprehensive, personalized care to women at every stage of pregnancy, from prenatal to post-delivery care. We also offer many Childbirth, Parenting and Breastfeeding classes. For a closer look at our facility please view our Labor and Delivery Video Tour. You may also take a personalized Tour of Labor and Delivery. Elegant and spacious birthing suites in our Labor & Delivery have Jacuzzis and entertainment systems.

Experienced nurses and lactation specialists staff the Postpartum unit, where the focus is on enhancing baby bonding and caring for the new mother. Our Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit provides the latest therapies for infants born preterm or who require highly-skilled care.

Each woman and each pregnancy is different. UW Medicine offers a spectrum of obstetrical options to meet each woman’s personal health care needs and preferences throughout her pregnancy, whether routine or high-risk.

The UW Medicine Obstetrics team is dedicated to the well being of you and your baby. UW Medicine Obstetrics providers include obstetrician-gynecologists, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, midwives and family medicine physicians – all highly trained experts in caring for pregnant women. 

Our obstetrics team partners with many professionals – genetics counselors, nurses, social workers, pediatricians, and neonatologists – across the UW Medicine health system to address issues that may complicate pregnancy. Some women with high-risk pregnancies may also require and benefit from the expertise of our cardiologists, hematologists, and endocrinologists. Most importantly, we are here to serve you and build a team of experts to best care for you and your baby. 

UW Medicine Obstetrics offers special programs for pregnant women who may be at high risk due to other complicating factors.
In addition to providing outstanding patient care, your obstetrics team is at the forefront of innovative research to improve care and advance scientific knowledge in the prevention and treatment of diseases that affect pregnant women and their newborns. Our Maternal Fetal Medicine specialists are world-renowned for their groundbreaking discoveries.
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Undesired Pregnancy

Not all pregnancies are planned or desired. In fact, in the United States, almost half of all pregnancies each year are not planned. If you have an unplanned and/or undesired pregnancy, UW Medicine Obstetrics can help you sort through the options available in order to make the best decision for you.

There are three main options for a woman facing an unexpected pregnancy:... Read more
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Matthew B. Jaffy, M.D.
Professional interests include health promotion and disease prevention, healthcare leadership and primary care research.
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Assessing Prenatal Risk: Current State of the Art - Dr. Edith Cheng
The term prenatal diagnosis has historically been synonymous with amniocentesis and the prenatal detection of Down Syndrome. In the 1970s, a woman’s choice in assessing her fetus for birth defects and chromosome or genetic conditions was limited. However, continued technical advances in fetal imaging and molecular genetics coupled with the identification of biochemical markers in maternal serum which could be associated with fetal chromosome and/or genetic disorders have drastically changed and expanded the topography of prenatal diagnosis/screening. Edith Cheng, from University of Washington obstetrics and gynecology, summarizes the history and evolution of prenatal diagnosis to its current state with examples of the myriad of choices now available to all women.