The problem that puts pregnancy in any risky situation is called a risk factor in pregnancy. Risky conditions during pregnancy may exist in the expectant mother long before pregnancy, or they may show their first symptoms during pregnancy.
Some conditions are specific to pregnancy and may only occur during an ongoing pregnancy, creating risks for the mother and the baby. Another high-risk situation is the situation that occurs in the baby without any problems in the expectant mother.
In pregnancies that start normally and even continue normally until a certain period of pregnancy, risky situations may occur due to reasons arising from the mother or the baby.
Risks Emerging from Conditions Related to the Mother
- The expectant mother is at an advanced age
- The mother has a smoking or alcohol habit
- The expectant mother may have problems such as goiter, heart disease, diabetes, etc. Pre-existing chronic diseases
- Medicines used by the expectant mother
- The mother being too thin or too fat
- Miscarriage, stillbirth or premature birth in previous pregnancies Having experienced chromosomal anomalies or disabilities in the baby in previous pregnancies,
- Relationship between the mother and father
- Experiencing gestational diabetes in previous pregnancies
- Presence of relatives, especially first-degree relatives, with diabetes.
- Immune system diseases
- Blood diseases
- Diabetes
- Genetic diseases
- Heart diseases
- High blood pressure
- Infections
- Kidney diseases
- Liver diseases
- Lung diseases
- Neurological problems
- Thyroid gland diseases
Problems That Are Specific to Pregnancy and Occur Only During Continuing Pregnancy - Although it is not seen before pregnancy, it starts to be seen with pregnancy, especially hypertension (between preeclampsia and eclampsia). (also known as pregnancy poisoning)
- Gestational Diabetes (diabetes related to pregnancy)
- Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy
- Early delivery of birth fluid that should come at birth
- Infections
- Blood clotting disorders
- Problems with the placenta (the baby's partner)
- Premature labor
- Early opening of the membranes and baby's water breaking
- Day out (lack of birth even though the estimated due date has passed)
Baby-Related Problems
- The baby's development is slower than normal ,
- The baby is larger than the current week's height and weight measurements,
- The amount of fluid in the uterus where the baby is located is low (oligohydamnios)
- The baby's fluid volume is more than normal ( polyhydramnios)
- Multiple pregnancy,
- Blood incompatibility in the baby,
- Defects in the baby (fetal anomaly)
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