Fabricio Da Silva Costa-Costa is a maternal-fetal medicine doctor based at 252 Clayton Road, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia. He works with people who are pregnant, and also with families when things get complex for the pregnancy and the newborn.
This kind of care is for “high risk” situations. For example, he looks after problems linked to the placenta, like placental insufficiency and being small for gestational age. He also helps manage pregnancy conditions such as preeclampsia and eclampsia, and ongoing high blood pressure during pregnancy. At times, there are other circulation and clotting concerns as well, including disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
There can also be issues with the baby’s growth and wellbeing. This includes intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), fetal oedema, fetal fluid problems, and hydrop fetalis. He may be involved when there are signs of a baby being affected by infections or other rare conditions, and when doctors need extra help to understand what’s going on and plan the next steps.
Some patients need support when a pregnancy involves genetic or chromosome-related conditions. Fabricio Da Silva Costa-Costa cares for families dealing with conditions such as trisomy 13, trisomy 18, Down syndrome, and Turner syndrome. He can also be part of the care when there are findings linked to chromosome changes like 13q duplication, and blood disorders such as alpha thalassaemia.
He also looks after complications that can happen around the time of birth. That includes situations where there may be fluid in the lungs, haemolytic disease of the newborn, newborn low blood sugar, and newborn infection such as neonatal sepsis. In some cases, he helps coordinate care when there are early brain bleeds, like intraventricular haemorrhage of the newborn.
Pregnancy and health care sometimes means talking about longer term planning too. His work includes procedures like intrauterine device (IUD) insertion, and care around pregnancy outcomes such as ectopic pregnancy.
Overall, his focus is on careful, practical management—supporting patients through uncertainty, helping teams make sense of test results, and aiming for the safest outcome for both the pregnancy and the baby.