Updated March 05, 2015.
Thankfully most pregnancies are complication free. Though screening for complications is an important part of prenatal care. Part of the reason is that when you are properly screened, you can hopefully catch complications early, which typically makes them easier to treat and can help to prevent bigger problems from arising. You play a large role in this in your pregnancy, even if you didn't realize it.
One of the best things you can do to have a healthy pregnancy is to eat well, exercise and have open lines of communication with your midwife or physician. This means getting educated about some of the early warning signs of pregnancy complications and reporting them. That can sometimes mean asking the right questions. That said, may practitioners aren't always the best at letting you know what you should report and when. Many moms say that early pregnancy classes gave them a good dose of what to watch for and made the feel confident in calling to talk to their practitioners.
Have you had to call your practitioner? What kinds of problems were you having?
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