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Posted On Friday, May 10, 2013 by Alisha
I am a survivor of postpartum eclampsia. 5 days after giving birth to our little girl Madysin, I developed the worst migraine ever. Knowing I couldn't take care of her due to the horrible pain, I called my mom. She came over to help, called my ob and he prescribed me pain pills. The next day I felt thumping in my ears, still having the horrible migraine, so we decided to go to the ER. As I was getting dressed, I told my mom I needed to try and brush my teeth. I held my toothbrush in one hand ...
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Posted On Tuesday, May 07, 2013 by debra
Cam was my second child. My first child was 6 weeks and 4 day early and perfect other then early. So Cam was a week over due and all was fine my water broke and we headed to the hospital. Labor lasted 6 hours and Cam arrived. Things seemed fine. 2 hours later not so much... My blood pressure sky rocketed and I had a stroke and all organs shut down and bled out. My dr. had no idea what was going on as he had never had a case of post-eclampsia. I was placed in a coma for a week to get my blood...
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Posted On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 by Debra
I got pregnant with my first son at 19, I always wanted to have kids young (mainly because my parents were older when they had me and my younger twin brothers and I wanted to be able to have fun with my kids). The pregnancy was not planned but Ive found that babies come when they want to, not when you want them to.
The pregnancy started completely normally; I never even experienced morning sickness. The only thing scary about it was that I was a tiny baby (5lbs 13oz) and my twin broth...
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Posted On Monday, April 08, 2013 by Karrie
My husband and I were so excited when we found out we were expecting a little boy. My pregnancy had been normal until I hit 24 weeks. I noticed that my feet, ankles and hands were getting swollen suddenly. I thought it was "normal" pregnancy symptoms since this was my first pregnancy. I called my doctor and told her what was going on and was told, "it's normal to experience that with pregnancy". A couple days later I started developing headaches that would not go away and some light...
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Posted On Wednesday, April 03, 2013 by Laura
On March 18th, 2012, John (my husband) and I found out we were expecting with our first child. It was only the month before that we started trying and prayed that God would bless our family. Due to my family's history of miscarriages and struggles to become pregnant, I did not expect for this event to be taking place so soon. At one of our first appointments, we found out that the baby would be...
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Posted On Tuesday, April 02, 2013 by Courtney
My pregnancy story starts with an emergency cerclage placed at 23 weeks 3 days for an incompetent cervix; almost 5 weeks of subsequent hospital bedrest; and following that, 7 weeks of strict bedrest at home. My story ends with me being induced at 36 weeks and 3 days due to rapid onset of pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome and staying 5 days in the hospital due to high blood pressure postpartum.
I have had borderline hypertension since before my pregnancy, with it spiking at doctor's app...
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Posted On Friday, March 29, 2013 by Bonnie
I am 20 years old and have a 1 year old son Cooper. He is my first successful pregnancy; my first two were miscarriages.
I was 3 months pregnant when I found out I was pregnant and was overwhelmed. I spent so much time trying to organize all my important appointments and find a hospital to book myself into very quickly. I knew very little about preeclampsia but I did know that some of my family suffered from the condition in multiple pregnancies. When I alerted my obstetrician he info...
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Posted On Thursday, March 21, 2013 by Crystal
It was about 6 weeks before my due date when I went to the doctor's office, planning to ask to be put on bed rest. I had been gaining weight at about 10 pounds per week, which I knew was not normal. My skin was stretched to its max, and I was in pain all over, constantly. My job required me to be relatively active, and it hurt to even sit at my desk.
When the doctor checked my blood pressure, it was a little high, so they had me stay for observation. I called my husband, since I knew ...
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Posted On Wednesday, March 06, 2013 by Lindsey
The stork arrived at the Zabroski's on the August 5th, 2012. We were more than elated to receive such good news of our first child arriving in April 2013.
In November 2012, we received even more amazing news that God has blessed us with baby boy! We instantly named him Bohden Eugene Zabroski, which is Ukrainian for "God's Gift". Little ...
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Posted On Friday, March 01, 2013 by angela
My name is Angela and I got pregnant with my son Ayden when I was 18. I was an active person before I got pregnant and would run 3 miles a week. My first trimester and half way through my second trimester was great. I had no issues at the time and thought it was going to be an easy pregnancy. I would try and stay active by jogging during my pregnancy but that's what got me into trouble.
I started to notice b...
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Posted On Thursday, February 28, 2013 by sandra
hello my name's Sandra and I had preeclampsia two times. The first time I had preeclampsia, I was pregnant 12 week and I lost my baby boy. The second time that I had preeclampsia I had baby girl. I was 26 Weeks pregnant and she weighed only one pound and I don't think one should suffer and it be 8 month and I still haven't had my daughter home. she is still at hospital. I hope all the women who had preeclampsia take care of themselves because this not good to have preeclampsia....
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Posted On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 by Kim
Almost four years ago I gave birth to my amazing son, but not before suffering from Preeclampsia. I began showing signs of preeclampsia around 34 weeks, but wasn't diagnosed until 39 weeks. Fortunately, I went into labor even before my test results came back. I know in my heart that I am meant to be a mother again, but I'm terrified of going through preeclampsia again. I'm hoping to meet other women who have suffered from preeclampsia with the first pregnancy, but have gone on to have a secon...
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Posted On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 by Nicky
After I had lost Keira our little girl on the 2nd January 2012. I was really upset and I never believed that I would have a wonderful pregnancy with no issues and or problems.
In March 2012, once my gynae had come back from maternity leave for having her baby the same day I lost mine,she gave me a call. And she told me I should wait at least a year before I try again to fall pregnant. I had done a lot of reading and checking this forum for answers as to how long I should wait to try a...
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Posted On Friday, February 22, 2013 by Sarah
The majority of my pregnancy was wonderful. I had kept up with my workouts, ate healthy, felt great! I had no reason to think that this pregnancy would be any different with my first. All my tests were coming back normal, I was gaining the right amount of weight and the baby seemed to be moving all over the place. At 33 weeks pregnant I began to have some abdominal pain that I thought was due to the baby's positioning, or possibly gallbladder. I began having the pain more often and ...
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Posted On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 by Nicole
I'm so relieved to finally be able to tell my story to people who understand what I went through. No one quite knows how traumatic my birth experience was.
Right after high school I was diagnosed with endometriosis and was told it would be very difficult to conceive if I ever wanted kids. I was heartbroken. A year later I began dating my current boyfriend. We've been together 4 years this month. In December of 2011 I took a pregnancy test because I was late and my boobs were killing...
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Posted On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 by angela
Little did I know that my Thanksgiving break from the last month of nursing school would be spending admitted to the local hospital by my OB doctor. Looking back, fora few days I wasn't feeling well. Friday I had indigestion, so I thought. Saturday and Sunday I didn't feel right, not much of an appetite and I told my family I felt nauseous. Monday, I would get hot on and off and I thought I had heartburn. The office staff had me go into the office when I called to tell them I was ...
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Posted On Friday, February 15, 2013 by Becky Whitman
On November 10, 2012, my family’s lives changed forever. My sister and brother in law, Rikki & Nick Ziska were expecting their first child, a baby boy.
A little background: Rikki is 35 years old. She has an auto immune disease (Ulcerative Colitis). On November 7th, she had an appointment to have her monthly Remicade Infusion at the Med Center here in Omaha. Before beginning the infusion, her blood pressure was unusually high, so they called her Ob/Gyn to let hi...
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Posted On Thursday, February 14, 2013 by Sommer
My story is like many others who have suffered from preeclampsia during their pregnancies. My first son was born at 39 weeks because I developed preeclampsia out of nowhere and they rushed me into an emergency C-section. He was born weighing 6 pounds even. I had commented to my mother a few weeks earlier that I thought he had stopped growing. Always trust your instincts!
It took 4 years before I decided to try again and have another child. I had been told by several doctors prior to m...
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Posted On Saturday, February 09, 2013 by Erin
5 years ago this past January I was blessed to have my healthy little 5 lb 2 oz daughter via induction, she was born at 36 weeks.
I had a normal pregnancy for the most part (in the beginning) the normal morning sickness throughout the 1st trimester. During the 2nd trimester the morning sickness tapered off a little bit, but still had the occasional nausea and vomiting.
I worked at a pharmacy Monday-Friday, which consisted of me sitting at a desk all day long. All my chec...
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Posted On Monday, February 04, 2013 by Kristi
In early December of 2010, my husband and I found out we were expecting! We were scared and excited all at the same time! I had a great 1st trimester and was thinking to myself “hey, this isn’t so bad!” As soon as I hit my 2nd trimester all of that changed; I had all-day sickness and was just plain miserable! I worked as a nursing assistant in a small, local hospital and one day I felt weird. I had one of the nurses on my floor check my blood pressure and compared to my no...
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