Kalpataru Hospital Kharghar, Navi Mumbai

Blood pressure and pregnancy During pregnancy, your body goes through numerous physical changes to accommodate fetal growth and development. Throughout these nine months, it’s ideal to have a normal blood pressure reading. Your blood pressure is the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. Every time your heart beats, it pumps blood into the arteries, which then carry the blood to the rest of your body. The blood typically moves through the arteries at a certain rate. However, various factors can disrupt the normal rate at which blood flows through the vessels, causing an increase or decrease in pressure. Increased pressure in the arteries can result in an elevated blood pressure reading. Decreased pressure in the arteries can result in a low blood pressure reading. Blood pressure is recorded as two types of numbers. The systolic number is the top number, which indicates the amount of pressure in the arteries when your heartbeats. The diastolic number...

Overview Every pregnancy carries its risks. But good prenatal care and support can help you minimize those risks. Factors like age and overall health status can increase your chances of experiencing complications during pregnancy. Women under age 20 Women under the age of 20 have a significantly higher risk of serious medical complications related to pregnancy than those over 20. Teenage mothers are more likely to: deliver prematurely have a baby with low birth weight experience pregnancy-induced hypertension develop preeclampsia Some risk factors connected to young age include the following. [Production: Please format the following as a long-line list] Underdeveloped pelvis. Young women’s bodies are still growing and changing. An underdeveloped pelvis can lead to difficulties during childbirth. Nutritional deficiencies. Young women are more likely to have poor eating habits. Nutritional deficiency can lead to extra strain on the body that causes more co...