My experience with HELLP syndrome(pre-eclampsia).On June 25, 2002 I lost my baby girl Natalie Grace Knippling because of HELLP syndrome. I was 26 weeks pregnant. The week and a half before I lost my daughter I was put on bed rest for high blood pressure and swelling in my hands and feet. For a week I did nothing but stay in bed, the swelling seemed to go down in my hand and feet. I thought that was a good sign. But after 7 days on bed rest I got very bad heartburn, so bad I couldn't lay ... Read more