Risk factors There Before Pregnancy part 3
High blood pressure: women who have high blood pressure (chronic hypertension) before pregnancy are more likely to experience a potentially serious problem during pregnancy. These problems include preeclampsia (a type of high blood pressure that occurs during pregnancy), high blood pressure worse, the fetus is not growing as much as expected, the premature removal of the placenta from the uterus (placental abruption), and death at birth. For most women with mild blood pressure (140/90 to 150/100 mm per mercury (mm Hg)), treatment with antihypertensive drugs is not recommended. Some medications do not seem to reduce the risk of preeclampsia, premature release of the placenta, or death at birth or to improve fetal growth. Even so, some women are treated to prevent pregnancy because epidode higher blood pressure (requiring hospitalization). For women the blood pressure higher than 150/100 mm Hg, treatment with antihypertensive drugs is recommende...