How is Asthma Different in Pregnancy?
All women are different. The course that asthma will take when an asthmatic woman becomes pregnant is impossible to predict beforehand. Furthermore, there is research evidence suggesting that women with asthma are higher risk of having pre-term infants, low birth-weight infants, infants small for their gestational age, increased hospital stays, and other complications. There is strong medical basis to believe that the risk of using asthma medication in pregnancy is minuscule compared to the risk of NOT treating the asthma.
