PREGNANCY-RELATED CONDITIONS

Pregnancy-related conditions can come in many ways, shapes or forms. While severe maternal morbidity (disease) and mortality (death) rates have decreased over the past decades, at least in developed countries, there are nonetheless still many serious pregnancy-related problems that can impact women's health and cause issues for mother and fetus long-term.

For instance, some pregnant women have to struggle with extreme nausea (hyperemesis gravidarum), increased blood pressure (preeclampsia), gestational diabetes, anemia or hypothyroidism. Other pregnancies are affected by fetal problems, such as placental abruption, placenta accreta (placenta implanted into the uterine wall instead of the uterine lining) or placenta praevia (placenta covering the cervix). All of these conditions require early diagnosis and targeted medications or procedures in order to resolve successfully. This is why it is important to identify symptoms as soon as possible and know what to look for.