Pregnant women with heart diseases are
classified in four(4) classes according to
the brevity of their condition:
Class I – have no symptoms;
Class II – have symptoms (hard
breading, cough, swelling) only during
hard physical activity;
Class III – have symptoms during
routine daily activities, and
Class IV- have symptoms in rest.
Pregnant women in class I and most of
class II can keep their pregnancy and
deliver normally. They need regular
medical monitoring, 10 hours sleep during
the night, 2-3 hours during the day and 1
hour after eating. They can work easier
home works without hard labor. They should
keep from infective diseases especially
influenza, pneumonia etc.
For class III pregnant women,
artificial abortion is recommended but if
they want a baby very much then proper and
early treatment of heart failure is
necessary. The mother must be aware of the
high risk she takes.
In case of class IV heart failure, the
risk of mother’s death is so high that
an artificial abortion must be done in the
first trimester of pregnancy.
You can consult cardiologist and
obstetrician for consideration of your
heart condition and then you should decide
if you are going to get pregnant and
deliver, or not.
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