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/ What Makes Someone High-Risk?
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What Makes Someone High-Risk?
Who is High-Risk?
Women with health concerns such as high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney disease or cancer
Women who are expecting multiple births, twins, triplets or more
Women with prior problem pregnancies
Women whose fetus has been diagnosed with a problem or is at risk for one (such as spina bifida)
Couples planning a pregnancy who are concerned about risk factors, including family histories of medical or genetic problems, a woman’s pre-existing medical condition or age requiring specialty care