Pregnancy Complications Are A Stress Test For Future Maternal Health And Pregnancies
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… women who have had two pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia are at a higher risk of hypertension after pregnancy.
… “while delivery may ‘cure’ preeclampsia in the moment, these mothers are at high risk of chronic hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus and blood clots for the rest of their lives. Pregnancy acts like a natural stress test for women.”
… the research adds to growing data on the link between hypertensive pregnancy disorders, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and maternal death …
… preterm delivery, preeclampsia and low-birth weight tend to recur and predispose to each other in a second pregnancy. The severity of the complication in the first pregnancy further increases these risks.
… if their first pregnancy resulted in a delivery between 32 and 36 weeks of gestation, the risk of a preterm delivery in the second pregnancy increased to 14.7% … if their first pregnancy resulted in an even earlier preterm delivery- between 28 and 32 weeks of gestation-the risk of a preterm delivery in the second pregnancy increased to 25.4%. Delivery between 20 and 27 weeks in the first pregnancy doubled the risk for delivering a baby that was small for gestational age in the second pregnancy.
… spontaneous preterm delivery, preeclampsia, low fetal growth, placental abruption and stillbirth in a first and second pregnancy are interrelated,” … “Perhaps they all may be features of a ‘placenta-associated syndrome.’ …
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