Complications in pregnancy are complications that occur only during pregnancy. It can affect the pregnant woman, the fetus or both, and can occur at different times during pregnancy. Most pregnancy complications can be treated effectively.

During pregnancy, it is important for a woman to take care of her health. It also takes care of the health of the developing child. If additional information is needed regarding a healthy lifestyle, questions can be addressed to the chosen doctor, gynecologist, midwife or nurse. Despite a healthy lifestyle, complications and more serious problems with health and/or the health of the developing child can occur during the pregnancy. If a pregnant woman already has medical complications or more severe health problems before conception, she needs special medical care.

In the following casses, a pregnant woman needs special health care: 

  type 1 and type 2 diabetes
  epilepsy
  cardiovascular diseases, including high blood pressure
  chronic respiratory diseases, including a more severe form of asthma
  chronic kidney disease 
  a mental illness that is treated with medication
  cancer
  transplanted organ
  HIV infection. 

 

Further care is needed also in case a pregnant woman: 

  is addicted to illegal drugs, alcohol, medicines and the like
  the risks are increased by smoking, obesity, malnutrition or age
  became pregnant with biomedical assistance
  is particularly vulnerable, for example due to social status, family circumstances such as domestic violence, financial hardship, weak social networks
  carries more than one child (multiple pregnancy)

 

If a pregnant woman has experienced any of the listed phenomena or problems during previous pregnancies or after childbirth, she will receive appropriate additional health care: 

  repeated miscarriages (three or more)
 premature birth before the 34th week of pregnancy
  preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome or eclampsia
  sensitization that occurs after inadequate protection of an Rh-negative parturient or a pregnant woman who carries/gives birth to an Rh-positive child
  surgery on the uterus, including caesarean section, removal of fibroids, conization or LEETZ
  depression, severe anxiety
  postpartum psychosis
  the birth of a child with a low birth weight for gestational age
  birth of a child under 2.5 kg or over 4.5 kg
  the birth of a child with congenital abnormalities.

 

The most common early pregnancy complications are:

  bleeding with or without pain
  spontaneous abortion
  biochemical pregnancy
  ectopic pregnancy
  molar pregnancy