1. Introduction
The aim of preconception care for all pregnancies is to reduce
the risk of adverse health effects for the woman, foetus, or neonate
by optimising the woman’s health and knowledge before planning
and conceiving a pregnancy.1 Therefore, the timing of a pregnancy
is of great importance for improving pregnancy outcomes not only
for healthy couples, but also those with medical disorders.
High-risk pregnancies are associated with increased morbidity
and mortality, either for the mother or the foetus, or both. Risk
assessment of a pregnant woman should be part of her routine
prenatal care. This risk assessment should be also noted soon after
her labour and at the postpartum period. Many risk factors,
including socioeconomic, medical and pregnancy related problems
– preexisting, antepartum, or intrapartum–, may cause deterioration
of pregnancy outcome.2,3 Maternal or foetal health problems
that rise during pregnancy might alter patients’ view about future
pregnancies. Although these pregnant women, having a high-risk
condition in their pregnancies, are closely followed during the
antenatal period and have more antenatal visits than other