Complications of Multiple Pregnancy
Complications associated with multiple pregnancy include pre-term labor, anemia, eclampsia, gestational hypertension and diabetes, congenital abnormalities, miscarriage, twin-to-twin syndrome etc.
Multiple pregnancy involves a good number of risks that can affect both the mother as well as the babies. Complications that can pose during the multiple pregnancy include:
Risks associated with mother:
- Gestational hypertension or preeclampsia (high blood pressure with protein in urine increasing risk of heart and kidney problems)
- Gestational diabetes
- Backache, tiredness, ankle swelling, heartburn
- Miscarriage
- Delivery by caesarian section.
- Excessive ante-partum and post-partum bleeding
- Early labor
- Postpartum depression
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Risks associated with babies:
- Low birth weight and poor fetal growth
- Premature birth
- Chances of congenital anomalies
- Risk of congenital infections
- Risk of cerebral palsy
- Vanishing twin syndrome is commonly seen in case of triplets or quadruplets where one of the fetuses disappears.
- Twin-to-twin syndrome (TTTS) is observed in identical twins sharing placenta in which the blood from one fetus is diverted to the other.
