Pregnancy Complications Are A Stress Test For Future Maternal Health And Pregnancies
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:28
in Health & Medicine
Predicting whether pregnancy complications affect long-term maternal health as well as future pregnancies is at the heart of two new studies. Women who have had two pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia are at a higher risk of hypertension after pregnancy, according to one of the new studies. The other study shows that preterm delivery, preeclampsia and low-birth weight tend to recur in a second pregnancy.