A high-risk pregnancy is one in which the risk of illness or death before or after delivery is higher than usual, both mother and baby.
To identify high-risk pregnancy, the pregnant women assessed to determine if you have conditions or characteristics that expose her or the fetus at the possibility of becoming ill or dying during pregnancy (risk factors).
A risk factor is assigned a score that corresponds to the degree of risk. The fact identify a high risk pregnancy ensures that the woman who needs medical attention actually receive it.
A woman with a high-risk pregnancy can be treated in a center for perinatal care, perinatal is a term that refers to events that occur immediately before, during or after delivery.
Generally, these sites have an obstetric service and a neonatal intensive care unit to provide the highest degree of care for both pregnant women and the fetus and newborn. The doctor may send a pregnant woman to a perinatal care center before delivery because early care reduces the likelihood that the baby sick or die.
These centers also welcome to any woman pregnant this unexpected problems during delivery. The most common cause of admission to these centers is the risk of preterm delivery (before 37 weeks), which is often associated with premature rupture of membranes, ie they break before the fetus is ready to be born.
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