Recounting the events of that time, the emotion is raw for Young Soeun and one of her surviving daughters, Vannak, who was 9 years old in 1975 and remembers the long march out of Phnom Penh and being separated in a Khmer Rouge youth camp. Vannak's eyes fill with tears but she does not allow herself to cry.
However, some women develop high blood pressure while they are pregnant (often called gestational hypertension). The effects of high blood pressure range from mild to severe. High blood pressure can harm the mother's kidneys and other organs, and it can cause low birth weight and early delivery. In the most serious cases, the mother develops preeclampsia-or toxemia of pregnancy--which can threaten the lives of both the mother and the fetus.
1 Problems with the placenta , such as placenta previa or placental separation, may cause preterm labor. 2  Injury to your abdomen or uterus may also cause some cases of preterm labor. 3  You are pregnant with 2 or more babies.  You are under 17 or over 35 years of age.