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I understand high risk pregnancies are primarily due to advanced age. won't healthy diet, weight, active, prior to pregnancy lessen high risk?

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Dr. Usha Mukhytar answered

Many causes: Advanced age is just one of reasons many other causes are high blood pressure, diabetes, small pelvis, family history of congenital malformations, bleeding, hiv, genital herpes , multiple pregnancies and many other reasons healthy diet weight active life does help and can not prevent high risk pregnancies.

Dr Davis and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/6/2014

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A member asked:

I understand high risk pregnancies are primarily due to advanced age. won't healthy diet, weight, active, prior to pregnancy lessen high risk?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Usha Mukhytar answered

Dr Davis and another doctor agreed

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