Pregnancy complications
You may have complications during pregnancy that need special medical care. Throughout pregnancy, go to all your prenatal care checkups, even if you’re feeling fine. Getting regular prenatal care can help you and your health care provider spot complications early—and maybe even prevent them.
Pregnancy complications, like gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, can cause serious problems for you and your baby. If you have conditions like these, work with your provider to get treatment to help keep them under control. If you had certain health conditions before pregnancy, like preexisting diabetes or depression, find out what you can do to help you stay healthy during pregnancy. And learn how to protect yourself from common infections, like the flu and food poisoning, that can cause problems during pregnancy.
In this country, more and more women are dying from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. This is especially true for women of color. The maternal death rate for black women is more than three times higher than for women of other races. Join our advocacy network to take action today.
In This Topic
- Anemia
- Asthma during pregnancy
- Bacterial vaginosis and pregnancy
- Being pregnant with twins, triplets and other multiples
- Bleeding and spotting from the vagina during pregnancy
- Blood clots and pregnancy
- Cervical insufficiency and short cervix
- Chickenpox during pregnancy
- Chronic health conditions and pregnancy
- Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): What You Need to Know About Its Impact on Moms and Babies
- Cystic fibrosis and pregnancy
- Cytomegalovirus and pregnancy
- Depression during pregnancy
- Eating disorders and pregnancy
- Fifth disease and pregnancy
- Food poisoning during pregnancy
- Gestational diabetes
- Group B strep infection
- HELLP syndrome
- High blood pressure during pregnancy
- HIV and pregnancy
- Influenza (flu) and pregnancy
- Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
- Lupus and pregnancy
- Lyme disease and pregnancy
- Maternal death and pregnancy-related death
- Maternal PKU
- Multiple sclerosis and pregnancy
- Oligohydramnios
- Placenta previa
- Placental abruption
- Placental accreta, increta and percreta
- Polyhydramnios
- Preeclampsia
- Preexisting diabetes
- Pregnancy after age 35
- Rubella and pregnancy
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Shoulder dystocia
- Sickle cell disease and pregnancy
- Stress and pregnancy
- Syphilis in pregnancy
- Thyroid conditions during pregnancy
- Toxoplasmosis
- Umbilical cord conditions
- Uterine conditions
- Zika virus and pregnancy
- Zika virus and pregnancy infographic