25 conditions explained
Pregnancy complications
What a diagnosis actually means, how it is monitored, and what changes about your care — with every threshold quoted from the guideline that sets it.
ConditionAnaemia in PregnancyThe haemoglobin thresholds that define anaemia in each trimester, when you are tested, how iron…ConditionBlood Clots and VTE in PregnancyPregnancy raises the risk of blood clots, with the peak just after birth. The symptoms needing…ConditionCervical Insufficiency and CerclageWhen a cervix shortens or opens too soon, and how a stitch or progesterone is chosen. Who gets…ConditionEctopic PregnancyWhat an ectopic pregnancy does, the symptoms that get mistaken for a stomach bug, when to call an…ConditionEpilepsy and PregnancyWhy you should never stop antiseizure medication yourself, what the valproate figures really are,…ConditionGestational DiabetesDiagnosed with gestational diabetes? The glucose targets you are given, when metformin or insulin…ConditionGestational HypertensionHigh blood pressure after 20 weeks without pre-eclampsia. The NICE monitoring schedule, treatment…ConditionGroup B Strep in PregnancyGroup B Strep found in pregnancy is not an infection in you. What the UK risk-based approach means,…ConditionLarge for Gestational AgeTold your baby is measuring large? How accurate scans really are, what NICE says about induction…ConditionMiscarriage: What Actually HappensWhat a miscarriage involves physically, how it is diagnosed on a scan, the three management options…ConditionMolar PregnancyA molar pregnancy is a chance error at conception, not something you caused. How it is found, why…ConditionObstetric Cholestasis (Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy)Diagnosed with intrahepatic cholestasis? The RCOG bile acid bands, what each means for stillbirth…ConditionOligohydramniosLow amniotic fluid on a scan. What is measured and how imprecise it is, the first question your…ConditionPlacenta Praevia and Low-Lying PlacentaA low-lying placenta at 20 weeks usually resolves. What the 20 mm rule means, when your follow-up…ConditionPlacental AbruptionPlacental abruption is a clinical diagnosis, not a scan finding. Why ultrasound cannot rule it out,…ConditionPolyhydramniosPolyhydramnios means too much amniotic fluid. The measurement thresholds, the search for a cause,…ConditionPre-eclampsiaWhat a pre-eclampsia diagnosis means: the blood pressure and blood test thresholds, how often you…ConditionPreterm LabourHow to tell possible preterm labour from Braxton Hicks, what the hospital tests actually measure,…ConditionReduced Fetal MovementsReported reduced movements? What assessment involves at each stage of pregnancy, why kick charts…ConditionRhesus Negative and Anti-DWhat being RhD negative means, when anti-D is offered and when it is not, and why the UK rules…ConditionSmall for Gestational AgeTold your baby is measuring small. What the 10th centile means, how it differs from growth…ConditionSubchorionic HaematomaA subchorionic haematoma is a pocket of blood beside the pregnancy sac. What it means, what the…ConditionThreatened Miscarriage and Early BleedingBleeding before 12 weeks does not always mean miscarriage. What threatened miscarriage means, who…ConditionThyroid Disease in PregnancyWhy levothyroxine doses usually rise in pregnancy, who is offered thyroid testing, what untreated…ConditionWaters Breaking Early (PPROM)Waters breaking before 37 weeks without labour is called PPROM. What the hospital checks, why…