Risky Pregnancy Follow-up

If there are factors that may endanger the health of the mother and baby during pregnancy, risky pregnancy follow-up is used. During a normal pregnancy, both the baby's developmental process and the mother's health status are kept under control through pregnancy monitoring. In high-risk pregnancies, pregnancy follow-up requires more special planning. This planning is done according to the risk factors present.

What are the Causes of Risky Pregnancy?

Maternal age: It is one of the most common risk factors. Complications during pregnancy are more common if the mother is under 17 or over 35. Miscarriage during pregnancy and genetic defects in the baby are more common in pregnant women over the age of 40.

Diseases existing before pregnancy: If there is hypertension, lung, kidney, heart problems, diabetes, autoimmune disease, sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS before pregnancy, it may pose a risk for the mother and baby during pregnancy. Other factors that increase the risk of pregnancy are the mother's previous miscarriage, risky previous pregnancies, and a family history of genetic disorders.

What to Do During Risky Pregnancy Follow-Up?

Just as some diseases of the mother before pregnancy can seriously affect the pregnancy and the baby, pregnancy also affects the course and treatment of the mother's current disease. First of all, when planning for the baby is made, that is, before pregnancy, the existence or degree of general health problems must be determined by the relevant branch physician (internal medicine, cardiology, nephrology, etc.).

The fact that the expectant mother has had recurrent miscarriages before, whether the reason is known or not, puts the current pregnancy in the class of risky pregnancies. Current pregnancy follow-up is guided by details such as the week of previous miscarriages, how they occurred, and blood tests. Chromosomal abnormalities in very early miscarriages, cervical insufficiency in miscarriages between 3 and 6 months of pregnancy, and in cases of prenatal baby (fetus) death in later months of pregnancy, the diseases of the mother or baby are investigated.

In terms of tumors, it should not be forgotten whether there was a mass in the breast before or at the beginning of pregnancy and whether a smear (cervical swab test) was performed recently.

Prenatal diagnosis of abnormalities in baby development and baby diseases has reached quite advanced levels today. As a result, the treatment of the baby inside the mother's womb is now in question.