High blood pressure during pregnancy can negatively affect both a mother's and the baby's health during and after pregnancy.
Depression is a mental health disorder that causes feelings of hopelessness, despair, and lack of motivation. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
A disease in which damage to the kidneys renders them unable to properly filter waste and toxins from the blood.
A high-risk pregnancy is one in which a woman and her fetus face a higher-than-normal chance of experiencing complications. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Pregnant and expecting mothers have the opportunity to learn a lot about their unborn child's health with today's screening and diagnostic tests.
A rare and serious condition in which a pregnant or postpartum person suddenly has seizures. Eclampsia is a medical emergency and can lead to injury or death for the pregnant person and/or baby.
Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome is a rare, in utero condition that occurs only in monochorionic twins (identical twins who share the same placenta).
A potentially life-threatening form of hypertension that can occur during the second half of pregnancy. Women with preeclampsia have high blood pressure as well as protein in her urine.
Gestational diabetes is glucose intolerance that develops during pregnancy, which can affect the health of both mother and baby.
Diabetes is a condition in which the body either does not produce insulin or does not use it properly. Learn about symptoms and treatment.