Conclusion

Liver and endocrine diseases in pregnancy include pregnancy­specific disorders and diseases incidental to pregnancy. All should be managed by a multidisciplinary team with experts in maternal medi­cine, high-risk obstetricians, physicians with expertise in managing specific endocrine or liver diseases in pregnancy, and midwives and many will require input from obstetric anaesthetists. Women with pre-existing medical disorders should have prepregnancy counsel­ling with regard to the impact of pregnancy on their disease, and the influence of the disease and drugs used to treat it on a pregnancy. With expert management from appropriate specialists, most women with have good pregnancy outcomes.