DE LAZO, PATRICIA LAE R.

BSN 2C

OB High Risk Activity #1

 History of drug dependence

- These drugs can also affect the child’s memory and attentiveness.
- Taking drugs during pregnancy also increases the chance of birth defects, premature babies,
underweight babies, and stillborn births.
 History of mental illness
- Women at high risk of anxiety and depression have been shown to have greater levels of anxiety
and depression than women at low risk.
- Untreated mental illness can also affect a baby’s development later on.
 Environmental contaminants
- Exposure to certain substances in the environment when you are pregnant may affect your
pregnancy or the health of your baby. Toxic substances increase the risk for birth defects, low
birth weight, prematurity and miscarriage.
 Obesity
- Obesity is a condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that health
may be adversely affected.
- Has been linked to an increased risk of various health problems for a baby, including birth
defects. Being significantly larger than average impaired growth.
 Cigarette smoker
- Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of health problems for developing babies, including
preterm birth, low birth weight, and birth defects of the mouth and lip.
- Smoking during and after pregnancy also increases the risk pf sudden infant death syndrome.
 Subject to trauma
- Trauma can lead to sudden pregnancy loss due to direct impact to the fetus, placenta, or
umbilical cord, causing injury and fetal maternal hemorrhage.
- Affects prenatal depression, and subjective pain and distress during delivery accounted for
postpartum.
 Bleeding disruption
- May cause injury to baby, and could be caused by a number of things, one very serious condition
that cause bleeding is placental abruption.
 Gestational diabetes
- a serious complications of pregnancy that causes high blood pressure and other symptoms that
can threaten the lives of both mother and baby.
 Infection
- Infection can be transmitted to the baby through the placenta or during, and some infections
that can lead to miscarriage, preterm labor, or birth defects. They may even be life threatening
for the mother.
 Cephalopelvic Disproportion
- This may due to a small pelvis, a large fetus. May distort pelvic bones, such as pelvic fracture and
lead to cpd.
- Mother pelvis is small or narrow
- Abnormally shaped infant's head
- recommended C-section