What does high-risk pregnancy mean?

We all know that pregnant women hope that both themselves and the fetus are healthy during pregnancy, but sometimes pregnant women may have some diseases themselves. Doctors advise pregnant women not to have children, but pregnant women still insist on having their own children. This will lead to a high-risk pregnancy. High-risk pregnancy is not only harmful to the fetus, but also to the pregnant woman. So what does high-risk pregnancy mean?

1. What is high-risk pregnancy?

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.

2. Situations that may cause high-risk pregnancy

There are many situations that cause high-risk pregnancy, mainly the following:

(1) Pregnant women are younger than 16 years old or older than 35 years old;

(2) A history of abnormal births such as habitual miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth, fetal death, and deformity;

(3) Abnormal conditions during pregnancy such as placenta previa, placental abruption, polyhydramnios or oligohydramnios, malposition of the fetus, overdue pregnancy, fetal development abnormalities; (4) macrosomia, pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome, pelvic stenosis or deformity;

(5) Pregnant women with complications of pregnancy such as heart disease, chronic nephritis, diabetes, acute infectious hepatitis, tuberculosis, severe anemia, etc.;

(6) During pregnancy, the woman has taken drugs that may affect the fetus, or has been exposed to harmful substances, radiation, viral infections, and other adverse factors.

3. What to do in case of high-risk pregnancy

Early screening of high-risk pregnant women, key management and monitoring, and timely and correct treatment are important measures to reduce maternal and perinatal deaths.

Pregnant women with high-risk pregnancy should receive different treatments according to different causes. Pregnancy complications (such as pregnancy-induced hypertension) and pregnancy complications (such as heart disease, kidney disease, etc.) should be treated specially according to their various characteristics.

In terms of diet, it is necessary to improve the nutritional status of pregnant women, which is extremely important for the growth and development of the fetus, and pregnant women should be given sufficient nutrition. Timely and sufficient supplementation of vitamins, iron, calcium, various trace elements and multiple amino acids.