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.
However, going into premature labour can be linked with: 1  Having a very full and stretched womb (uterus). 2  Cervical weakness, or a short cervical length. 3  A history of spontaneous premature birth. 4  A bacterial infection in the bag containing the waters or in the amniotic fluid itself. 5  Your waters breaking early. 6  Heavy bleeding.