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High risk pregnancy
Prolonged labor
Birth defects
Amniotic fluid infection
Macrosomia
Group B strep
Placental abruption
Ectopic pregnancy
Preterm labor
Transverse lie
Depression in pregnancy
Molar pregnancy
Eclampsia
Diabetes onset during pregnancy
Preeclampsia (HELLP syndrome)
Delivery after 41 weeks
Toxemia
Muscular dystrophy
Coarctation of the aorta
Placenta accreta
Diaphragmatic hernia
Birth injury
Chromosomal abnormalities
Csection complications
Hypothyroidism (infant and child)
Periventricular leukomalacia
Placental insufficiency
Ebstein anomaly
Mother baby blood type mismatch
Prenatal CMV infection
Stillbirth
HIV/AIDS during pregnancy
Umbilical cord prolapse
Imperforate anus
Omphalocele
Intestinal atresia
Amniotic fluid embolism
Fetal hydrops
Twin to twin transfusion
Vanishing twin syndrome
Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy
Inherited metabolic disorders in fetus
Suffocation during birth
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