What is a high-risk pregnancy

High-risk pregnancy is a common phenomenon among modern people, especially older mothers. However, there are not many people suffering from these diseases in a family, so most people do not know much about this high-risk pregnancy. Let’s talk about the relevant knowledge below.

High-risk pregnancy is a pregnancy that poses a higher risk to the pregnant woman and the fetus, and may lead to dystocia and/or endanger the mother and the baby. Pregnant women with high-risk pregnancy factors are called high-risk pregnant women. Pregnant women suffering from various acute and chronic diseases and pregnancy complications, as well as adverse environmental and social factors, may lead to fetal death, intrauterine growth retardation, congenital malformations, premature birth, neonatal diseases, etc., posing a high risk and increasing the perinatal morbidity and mortality. Pregnant women who are classified as high-risk pregnancies should receive intensive monitoring to minimize perinatal morbidity and mortality.

Pregnancy, a physiological term. Also called the pregnancy period. The period of time between fertilization of a woman and the birth of the fetus.

For ease of calculation, pregnancy is usually counted from the first day of the last menstrual period, and full-term pregnancy is approximately 280 days (40 weeks). High-risk pregnancy directly endangers the health and life safety of the mother and fetus. There are many situations of high-risk pregnancy, the main ones are the following: the pregnant woman is under 16 years old or over 35 years old; has a history of abnormal birth such as habitual miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth, stillbirth and deformity in the past; has abnormal conditions such as placenta previa, placental abruption, too much or too little amniotic fluid, malposition of the fetus, overdue pregnancy, fetal developmental abnormalities, macrosomia, pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome, small or deformed pelvis; the pregnant woman has pregnancy complications such as heart disease, chronic nephritis, diabetes, acute infectious hepatitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, severe anemia, etc.; has taken drugs that affect the fetus during pregnancy, and has been exposed to harmful substances or radiation and viral infections and other adverse factors.

The morbidity and mortality rates of pregnant women and neonates in high-risk pregnancies are significantly higher than those in normal pregnancies. Therefore, every pregnant mother should go to the hospital for regular check-ups, cooperate with high-risk pregnancy screening, and conduct systematic pregnancy management to achieve early prevention, early detection, and early treatment, and promptly and effectively control the development of high-risk factors to prevent various dangerous situations that may lead to the death of the fetus and pregnant women. To ensure that the mother and fetus can smoothly go through the pregnancy and delivery period.

Through the introduction of the above content, we can understand that high-risk pregnancy refers to pregnancy that has a higher risk to the pregnant woman and the fetus. With this knowledge, family members can use some methods to avoid high-risk pregnancy, and once the symptoms are serious, they need to go to the hospital for professional fetal preservation treatment and must not be careless.