high-risk pregnancy
Complicated maternal condition
A high-risk pregnancy is one with increased chances of complications for mother, baby, or both.
Risk factors include maternal age (under 17 or over 35), preexisting conditions like diabetes or hypertension, multiple fetuses, or problems that develop during pregnancy.
High-risk pregnancies require closer monitoring and often specialist care: She was referred to a maternal-fetal medicine doctor for her high-risk pregnancy.
- stillbirthLate-term pregnancy loss
- obstetricsChildbirth medicine branch
- gestational diabetesGlucose intolerance during pregnancy
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
- due dateWhen payment is required
kidney disease · maternal health · obesity · preeclampsia · cesarean section · emergency delivery · ultrasound · preterm labor · lupus · hypertension · thyroid disorders · fetal distress · heart disease · complications · specialist · contractions · labor and delivery · genetic disorders
- pregnancypregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks, first trimester
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- high-risk pregnancygestational diabetes, preeclampsia, fetal monitoring, amniocentesis, prenatal screening
- prenatal careprenatal vitamins, prenatal care, prenatal checkups, fetal ultrasound, prenatal checkup
- pregnancy cancermaternal mortality, fetal monitoring
- Malariamalaria, vivax, Anopheles, mosquito, parasite