pregnancy complications
Gestational health problems
Pregnancy complications are medical problems that arise during pregnancy, threatening the health of the mother, fetus, or both.
These include conditions like gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, ectopic pregnancy, and placental abnormalities.
Some complications resolve with treatment; others require emergency intervention or early delivery.
She was hospitalized for pregnancy complications in her third trimester.
- stillbirthLate-term pregnancy loss
- preeclampsiaPregnancy-induced hypertensive disorder
- HELLP syndromePregnancy liver-platelet emergency
- fetal distressCompromised unborn infant
- emergency C-sectionUrgent surgical childbirth
blood clot · hypertension · miscarriage · low birth weight · gestational diabetes · high-risk · preterm birth · premature labor · neural tube defects · ectopic · anemia · contractions · water breaking · ultrasound · cramping · bedrest · blood pressure · bleeding
- high-risk pregnancygestational diabetes, preeclampsia, fetal monitoring, amniocentesis, prenatal screening
- blood disordersanemia, sickle cell anemia, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, leukemia
- smoking harmslung cancer, emphysema, COPD, smoker's cough, nicotine addiction
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth