Complications - high risk

Did You Know?

• Less than 10 % of all pregnancies are considered high risk.
• You can reduce your risk of having a high risk pregnancy by:
• making sure, if you’re in the higher-risk categories especially, that you get a thorough check-up and talk to your clinician BEFORE becoming pregnant;
• avoiding smoking, alcohol and drugs;
• getting early prenatal care and regular follow up;
• understanding which medications are safe to use in pregnancy.
• making sure a preexisting medical condition is under control during pregnancy.
• A perinatologist is an obstetrician with special training and experience in caring for the mother and fetus, especially in “high risk” pregnancy.
• With all the advances in medical technology and newborn care (neonatology), for most high- risk conditions, the womb (uterus) is still the best place for a baby to grow.