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Pregnancy complications are far and wide, but often leave us wondering why and how? M&B answers...

- Dr Manju Gupta

Women are gifted with the power of delivering a newborn child to this world. While women are pregnant, some women experience a smooth pregnancy but many can go through various health problems and some complications. These complications can either involve concerns regarding the mother’s health, the fetus’s health, or both. Women who are healthy before conceiving can also experience various complications which may make it a high-risk pregnancy. These complications are a result of the conditions that are linked to the pregnant state and the conditions that commonly arise in women who are pregnant.

Serious repurcussions of preganancy complications include miscarriage, premature birth, preterm labour or premature rupture of membranes, stillbirth, low birth weight, birth defects, infant and maternal morbidity or death. The complications may arise at any stage of pregnancy, during labor, or postpartum.