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Posted On Monday, May 16, 2011 by Beth
My husband, Steve, and I had dreamt of a large family for many years before we decided we were ready for our first child. Things were rocky from the beginning with fears of infertility due to endometriosis. Despite these concerns, I became pregnant very quickly, though trouble continued to come our way. 2 days after learning I was pregnant, I started having signs of a miscarriage. I was taken in for an ultrasound and told that the baby that should have been visible by now was not there, in ot...
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Posted On Friday, May 13, 2011 by siti
Hi, my name is Siti Sumarti from Jakarta, I got preeclampsia on my 1st child. Lucky me, I can birthing with normal on 41 weeks, I hv high protein on my  urine (+2), and high blood presure 160/100. I almost give up and asked doctor to surgery but he told me to calm down. and I got induction and bed rest for 3 days before deliver. so traumatic for me...and now im pregnant 18 weeks (my 1st child now 8 years old). Honestly im a bit scared that I will have preeclampsia again..but...
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Posted On Thursday, May 12, 2011 by Glenda Kump
I would like to share my story with everyone!! I got married young and had 3 wonderful children. The pregnancies and birth were great with no complications. I got divorced after my 3rd child was born. 10 years later, I met and married a wonderful man. We decided that we wanted to have a baby of our own and we were successful and got pregnant immediately. I went to all my appointments and procedures and everything was looking great. We found out that we were going to ha...
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Posted On Thursday, May 05, 2011 by Patty
 Randall’s Birth
My story begins with a hospital stay of 33 days beginning at 27 weeks gestation before my 5th and final baby’s birth. I once again was put on bed rest for preeclampsia, a dangerous disorder of pregnancy that includes a rise in blood pressure, protein in the urine and usually swelling, visual disturbances and headaches. It can be very serious with a risk of maternal stroke or seizure and growth retardation or placental abruption for the unborn baby....
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Posted On Wednesday, May 04, 2011 by Gayla
My husband and I had been trying to conceive for a year and a half with no luck, so we began fertility treatments and became pregnant with triplets via IUI. I had a perfect pregnancy (considering it was times three) up until 30 weeks. I began to swell a lot and the doctors ordered ultrasounds on my legs to check for blood clots. My blood pressure was not yet high at that point so they didn't take it too seriously. At 32 weeks and 3 days I began to cramp horribly and told m...
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Posted On Tuesday, May 03, 2011 by Jenny
I think my story is a little out of date, after looking at some other women's stories here, but I hope it will help!
I was 23 when I had my son, my only child, and had a difficult pregnancy symptomatically, although without any true complications - severe vomiting and nausea in the first trimester, migraines in the second (I had them prior to pregnancy as well but they worsened for a time in mid-pregnancy, the worst I'd ever had), and then various small issues toward the end. I di...
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Posted On Friday, April 29, 2011 by Jeanette
When my husband and I decided to get pregnant it happened in no time at all; I am 34 years old and no one in my family had ever suffered preeclampsia. During my pregnancy I experienced no nausea at all and other than feeling sleepy, the first trimester I actually felt very well. I had attended my doctor checkups every month and everything looked normal. Andy was developing normally and we were thrilled about having a baby boy. Mid-February 2011 I went to my medical checkup and everything was ...
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Posted On Saturday, April 23, 2011 by kristin
Eloise was born at 24 weeks and 5 days. I had a very normal pregnancy until week 23. Friday, March 25th, I woke up very early, around 3am, and felt something was wrong. I quickly found I was bleeding and got very scared. My husband was out of town on a church retreat so I was home alone. So, I called my parents who called an ambulance. I was rushed to the hospital. My husband was finally loca...
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Posted On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 by Eunamia
It all started on the 1st April afternoon, at 14h00 I was chatting with some colleagues at work, then by 15h00 I had this sharp pain below my rib cage , I felt nauseas and somewhat light headed. I asked a colleague to take me home. I called my gynae on the way home, who then told me to take a panado and have some rest, she thought it was just baby stretching.
Shortly, after I got home, fortunately my husband was home and he phoned my gynae again and took me in to see her. After se...
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Posted On Tuesday, April 19, 2011 by Nicole
Hello,
My name is Nicole. I am 34 years old and have 3 children. I am a 3 time survivor of preeclampsia. My first pregnancy was going smooth until my 28th week. It all started going downhill when I had a severe headache for a couple of days. When I called my doctor, they said to immediately go to the E.R. When I arrived my blood pressure was 180/130. Within the hour, I was helicoptered to a different hospital and my son was delivered with in 12 hours by eme...
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Posted On Monday, April 18, 2011 by Jamie
After about 1 ½ years of marriage my husband and I decided we were ready to have a baby.  We were pregnant in no time and aside from the nausea and constant vomiting, I had a perfectly normal pregnancy until about 37 weeks.  I thought I was going into labor and so I headed to labor and delivery to be checked out.  I was not in labor, but my blood pressure was so high so I was kept overnight.  I was sent home the next day on bedrest but went into labor that night and del...
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Posted On Wednesday, April 06, 2011 by Kristina
The story, “The Silence is Deafening†could have been my story. While I was reading it, it occurred to me that I too was on my way to being discharged from the hospital at one point and the fact that my blood pressure (BP) spiked, probably saved my life. It not only spiked but remained high and erratic. Lucky me! Thankfully, my story had a different ending than Joan’s. My heart goes out to her husband and family. The loss of this woman is a tragedy.
My experienc...
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Posted On Monday, April 04, 2011 by Errin
It was a regular routine OB appointment, I was running late do to my boyfriend and we were, well I was fussing like usual. Â Yet, this time my blood pressure was high. I was told to come back in two days. I get there and my BP was 200/120. Next thing I knew I was being rushed to labor and delivery, when I got up there, all I saw was doctors that seemed extremely nervous. Â All I remember was hearing turn off the lights, keep off the lights, we don't want her to seize. Â I felt normal an...
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Posted On Friday, April 01, 2011 by Autumn
It has been 6 days since we lost our first baby, our daughter Sydney Josephine. I feel like I have been in a time warp and come out somewhere on a March day. Two weeks ago was much like any other few days of my 5th months of pregnancy except that I had noticed my face and hands were much more swollen than usual when I would wake up in the morning. They would usually go down by the end of the day but start again the next. My shoes and boots weren’t fitting as well either. Thursday Febru...
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Posted On Monday, March 21, 2011 by Tricia
I wanted to share more of my story, it will be one month today that I had to deliver my baby girl Rylee. I think about her often, and miss those little kicks in my belly. I would have been close to 27 weeks now. This whole experience has really changed the way I veiw life. It has positively changed me. I truly believe Rylee was my angel, she saved me so I could continue living with her brothers and rest of her family. The first week after losing her was really rough, I couldn't make sense of ...
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Posted On Wednesday, March 16, 2011 by Sarah
I so far had a normal pregnancy. All my prenatal visits went well and I never got sick during my pregnancy (though in the beginning I did get carsick). And then this happened...
I was 28 weeks pregnant and it was 1 o'clock Wednesday morning. I had only slept for an hour or so. I woke up with a feeling of nausea and what felt like severe heartburn. I had experienced these same symptoms only 2 nights before, but thought it had been something I ate (maybe bad chowder) and I was...
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Posted On Thursday, March 03, 2011 by Carla
Hello, I lost my first child, Hunter Presley, on Aug.03 2005 due to severe preclampsia. After a routinue checkup at 21 weeks pregnant, I mentioned to the OB that I was concerned about PE. Not knowing really what it was, I listened to him when he said, "It's way too early for preeclampsia." Well, at 23 weeks pregnant I was omitted to the hospital on a Monday morning. I delivered Hunter, stillborn, two days later.
Heartbroken, I returned home and eventually to work. I had great suppo...
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Posted On Tuesday, March 01, 2011 by Tricia
hello everyone, I am so glad to have found this site. I recently suffered a loss of my precious daughter Rylee. I had to deliver her at 23 weeks though she was only measuring 21. I never had symptoms with my other 2 pregnancies. never had a problem with high blood pressure. My doctor says that the placenta from conception was abnormal. he also said it was a rare case, though it happens. I never felt so empty, lost and devastated. I truley believe in god's plan. I plan to try for a...
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Posted On Tuesday, March 01, 2011 by Lucienne
It is 12 years ago, today,that my daughter Elizabeth died. I share this story with everyone—knowing our experiences with HELLP will last our lifetime and the memories of loss and sickness have changed us.
I don’t remember Elizabeth well. I barely met her. I remember being given last rights. I remember wondering if my daughter would outlive me.  I remember being told she...
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Posted On Thursday, February 24, 2011 by Johanne
Dear Preeclampsia Foundation and Community,
I signed up on your website back in September 2010, 2 months after my son Holdon passed away in the NICU after only 3 and half months of life. He was delivered via emergency C-section at 28 weeks when it was discovered that I had preeclampsia and was experiencing HELLP syndrome. It is now nearly 6 months later since I first signed up on this site and almost a year since our son was born and I am finally able to bring myself to tell our story...
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