Pregnancy Induces Persistent Changes in Vascular Compliance
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 03:27 am
"Our observations of decreased mean arterial pressure and reduced arterial stiffness following pregnancy suggest a significant favorable effect of pregnancy on maternal cardiovascular remodeling. These findings may represent a mechanism by which preeclampsia risk is reduced in subsequent pregnancies."
So, this is probably why preeclampsia is mostly a disease of first pregnancies! Your arteries are changed by pregnancy - probably by persistent cells from the placenta that hang around after birth - in a way that makes later pregnancies easier. Mostly. If the placenta doesn't * off your immune system.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4417012/
So, this is probably why preeclampsia is mostly a disease of first pregnancies! Your arteries are changed by pregnancy - probably by persistent cells from the placenta that hang around after birth - in a way that makes later pregnancies easier. Mostly. If the placenta doesn't * off your immune system.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4417012/