Risky business
Nov 18, 2019
4 minutes
“PREGNANCY IS A natural event for which a woman’s body is perfectly designed,” says Dr Dalene Barnard, an obstetrician and gynaecologist from Kloof Mediclinic in Pretoria. “However, high-risk pregnancies are when a woman or her baby has a characteristic condition that has been recognised by medical research to increase the chance of an adverse outcome for the mother and/or the baby.”
Some of the most common of these are for women at the extremes of their reproductive life (in their teens or over 35), those who are substantially overweight, women with pre-existing medical conditions, and women expecting multiple babies.
AGE EXTREMES
Pregnant teens, especially
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