FMU

There are multiple definitions:

  1. fetal medicine unit(English)

  2. freestanding midwifery unit(English)

    • birth center not physically attached to a hospital, offering a home-like, midwife-led environment for low-risk pregnancies, focusing on natural birth with less intervention but having emergency protocols for transfer if needed, differing from hospital-based units by lacking immediate access to obstetricians, anesthesiologists, or neonatal specialists on-site
    • AMU, NHS, OU
    • Pregnancy, Obstetrics, Neonatology
    • https://doi.org….3310/hsdr03360