Although many pregnant women with high blood pressure have healthy babies without serious problems, high blood pressure can be dangerous for both the mother and baby. Women with pre-existing, or chronic, high blood pressure are more likely to have certain complications during<unk>  than those with normal blood pressure. However, some women develop high blood pressure while they are pregnant (often called gestational hypertension). Chronic poorly-controlled high blood pressure before and during<unk>  puts a pregnant woman and her baby at risk for problems. It is associated with an increased risk for maternal complications such as preeclampsia, placental abruption (when the placenta separates from the wall of the uterus), and gestational diabetes. These women also face a higher risk for poor birth outcomes such as preterm delivery, having an infant small for his/her gestational age, and infant death.
Hypertensive disease of pregnancy
Pre-eclampsia
Eclampsia
Early pregnancy bleeding
Hypercoagulability in pregnancy
Gestational hypertension
High-risk pregnancy
Pre-existing disease in pregnancy