Baby Making

Pregnancy is a marvellous time for most women, but many women have to experience some pregnancy complications during this marvellous time. Still some women have to face serious pregnancy complications during these miraculous nine months. Many of the cases where the pregnant mother is facing serious pregnancy complications result in the death of the baby, and in rare cases it may even cause the death of the mother.

The problems vary a lot. In some cases the fertilized egg may fail to implant itself in the embryo, still in others there may be some genetic problem. So there are a lot of complications that a foetus can have in the womb of the mother.

There are some blood tests to determine the chromosomal abnormalities like spina bifida (split spin), Down's syndrome; autism et cetera, though these tests do not exactly predict the occurrences of any such abnormality rather than tell the probability. If the probability is there, a whole line of screening tests have to be conducted.

Putting aside these chromosomal abnormalities, there are some other serious pregnancy complications. These can be determined by the routine ultrasounds or scans. Some of the examples of such abnormalities are lack of amniotic fluid or the slow growing foetus.

Some of the serious pregnancy complications are explained below.

Miscarriage

Miscarriage is the term used when the pregnancy terminates itself in the initial six months of pregnancy. The reason of this early termination of the pregnancy is usually the slow growing foetus. If the mother has more than one such miscarriage, the steps can be taken to avoid this termination in the upcoming pregnancies.

Ectopic pregnancy

Ectopic pregnancy takes place when the fertilized egg implants itself outside the uterus of the body- usually it is embedded in the fallopian tubes. That is sometimes referred to as tubal pregnancy. Fallopian tube pregnancy is the most common reason for the death of the mother in the first few months of pregnancy.

Placental abruption or placenta previa

If the pregnant woman is informed in her first trimester about her low-lying placenta it is referred to as placenta previa. In some cases the placenta shifts up automatically. If it does not go up a Caesarean has to be planned. In placental abruption the placenta detaches itself from the womb. This results in severe pain. In such a case the chances are the foetus will be famished from oxygen during pregnancy.

Regular visits to specialized gynaecologists greatly reduces the chances of termination of pregnancy at any stage, no matter how serious the pregnancy complication is.