Fetal medicine is a speciality that deals with the monitoring and assessment of fetal growth and development at various stages during pregnancy. This mainly includes diagnosis and management of all fetal conditions enabling early diagnosis and management of fetal illness and abnormalities. 

The evaluation of the fetus is mainly done by fetal scanning i.e imaging of the fetus in the mother’s womb. The speciality also provides specialised diagnostic and fetal screening tests which are required for monitoring the developing fetus