High Risk Pregnancy

Surya Malik*¹ and Sushma Sinha²

Received: October 05, 2017;   Published: October 13, 2017

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000438

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Abstract

“Let every mother and child to be counted”

Motherhood is a natural phenomenon, but safe motherhood is fraught with many complications related to of pregnancy and child birth. A “high risk pregnancy”(HRP) is one in which the maternal environment or past reproductive performance presents a significant risk to fetal wellbeing , such as premature birth, small for date infant, full term with low reservoir or still births and early neonatal deaths. Identification of patients at risk for these complicated pregnancies with poor outcome is fundamental to antenatal care. A woman is considered to have a high risk pregnancy when health concerns exist that may threaten the natural course of the development or birth of the baby, or that pose a risk to the mother. In such cases the mother may need special care, more investigations and possibly medication to ensure that she can carry the baby safely through to delivery. While pregnancy is a natural condition, it can be complicated even in healthy woman’s body because of changes in blood volume, hormone balance, pressure, the physical burden of pregnancy etc. Underlying medical conditions can add even more stress while complications caused by pregnancy itself (such as preeclampsia or gestational diabetes) can turn a normal pregnancy into a high risk pregnancy. A pre-pregnancy visit with a health care provider is especially important for a woman who has a medical problem.

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