These may include:
This list is not all-inclusive.
Other health conditions may increase risks during pregnancy.
Talk to your healthcare provider about your medical history and any health conditions you may have.
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Don’t stop taking your medication or change your treatment plan without first talking to your healthcare provider.
Which Providers Oversee High-Risk Pregnancy?
The University of Utah offersa search toolon its website to help locate perinatologists in your area.
If applicable, you may choose to do pre-pregnancy genetic testing.
During a high-risk pregnancy, you may need more visits with your healthcare provider than is typical.
You may also have more than the standard amount ofultrasounds.
It’s also important for you to be open and honest with your healthcare provider.
Ask them how best to contact them and where to go if you should probably be seen urgently.
What to Do If You Have a High-Risk Pregnancy
First, take a deep breath.
It’s natural to feel a wide array of emotions with a high-risk pregnancy.
What you read online or hear from others may not apply to you.
A high-risk pregnancy does not necessarily mean you won’t have a healthy pregnancy and birth.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.About high-risk pregnancy.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Diabetes during pregnancy.
Johns Hopkins Medicine.High-risk pregnancy: what you better know.
National Health Service.Infections in pregnancy that may affect your baby.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Rubella (German measles, three-day measles): pregnancy and rubella.
March of Dimes.Pregnancy after age 35.
American Pregnancy Association.What is a high-risk pregnancy?
UNC Medical Center.High-risk pregnancy.
March of Dimes.Premature babies.
