When you're expecting a baby you have enough on your mind without also worrying about an asthma attack, but an Australian researcher has found that 55 percent of women with asthma will have at least one acute asthma attack during pregnancy.
Not only is an attack dangerous for the mother, it can also have a detrimental effect on the unborn baby with growth restriction, preterm delivery or even stillbirth among the risks.
However, proper management of asthma means less risk of an acute attack and therefore reduced risk of poor outcomes for the baby. It's obviously also a good idea to wear Medical ID in case of an emergency.
But it's not all bad news. Asthma UK states that around one third of women find their asthma symptoms improve in pregnancy, one third stay the same and one third find their asthma gets worse.
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