Definition of "perinatologist" []

• An obstetrician specializing in the care of the mother and fetus at higher than normal risk for complications. (noun)

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• "I know that when I was pregnant with my twins a couple of years ago and we were discussing in utero testing, I seem to recall the perinatologist intimating that 24 weeks was kind of a threshold."
• "I was “threatened” with induction with my second child (that’s about what it amounted to) if I went more than 2 days late and my OB prophylactically called a perinatologist to back him up so I couldn’t disagree (and spoke to my husband the entire time I was there in order to get him to pressure me as well)."
• "First year fellows participate in the counseling of women with high risk pregnancies, observe the management of high risk pregnancies on the Labor and Delivery unit, and attend fetal HR tracing, ultrasound and genetics clinics to facilitate the development of a close, collaborative relationship between neonatologist and obstetrician/perinatologist."