Are you planning a pregnancy ? It is important to find out if you have a risk factor. Some women have a greater chance of high risk pregnancy because of certain risk factors. These include genetic background,  medical condition and lifestyle.

Pregnancy risk factors include the following :

• Being younger than 18 or older than 35 years
• Being underweight or underweight
• Having anemia
• Not eating healthy
• Having giving birth more than 4 times
• Having a previous preterm birth
• Having a previous pregnancy loss
• Having giving birth to a very large or small baby
• Having a family history of genetic disease or previous baby with genetic defects
• Substance abuse such ( cigarette, alcohol, drugs)
• Having a medical condition such as  diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease
• Having a low socioeconomic status

Other factors that can also pose a risk to the developing baby include the following :

• High temperatures
• Radiation exposures
• High altitudes