Chronic kidney disease complicates an increasing number of pregnancies, and at least 4%
of childbearing-aged women are afflicted by this condition. Although diabetic nephropathy is
the most common type of chronic kidney disease found in pregnant women, a variety of
other primary and systemic kidney diseases also commonly occur. In the setting of mild
maternal primary chronic kidney disease (serum creatinine< 1.3 mg/dL) without poorly
controlled hypertension, most pregnancies result in live births and maternal kidney function …