Pregnancy Complications in Females
Some women experience health issues during their pregnancy.
These complications can affect the mother's health, the fetus's health, or
both. Even women who were healthy before their pregnancy can also experience
these complications. These complications can make their pregnancy a high-risk
pregnancy.
Getting regular prenatal care can help you to reduce the risk for problems by enabling health care providers to diagnose, treat, or
manage health conditions before they become serious.
Some common complications of pregnancy include, but these
complications are not only limited to, the following.
High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is also called hypertension, occurs when
arteries carrying blood from the heart to the body organs are narrowed. This
causes pressure to increase in the arteries. During pregnancy, high BP can make
it hard for blood to reach the placenta, which is used to provides nutrients
and oxygen to the fetus. Reduced blood flow can slow down the growth of the
fetus and place the mother at a higher risk of preterm labor and preeclampsia.
Women who are dealing with high blood pressure before their
pregnancy will continue to have to monitor and control their blood pressure,
with medications if necessary, throughout the pregnancy. High blood pressure
which develops during the pregnancy is called gestational hypertension.
Typically, it occurs during the second half of pregnancy and goes away after
delivery on their own.
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Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes occurs during the pregnancy when a woman who didn't have diabetes before the pregnancy develops the condition
during pregnancy.
Usually, the body digests parts of your food into a sugar we
known it as glucose. Glucose is the main source of your body's energy. After
digestion, the glucose moves into the blood to give energy to your body.
To take out glucose from your body as well as into the cells
of your body, your pancreas makes a hormone called insulin. In gestational
diabetes, hormonal changes from pregnancy cause the body to either not able to
produce enough insulin, or not able to use it properly. Instead, the glucose
starts building up in your blood, causing diabetes.
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