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Posted On Wednesday, September 01, 2010 by
I was 19 years old, never drank or did drugs was an amazing student athlete in the best shape of my life playing collegiate volleyball when I got pregnant. Like I said I was healthy, took care of myself although young was very responsible and had good prenatal care. Throughout my pregnancy my blood pressure and health were good. I am 41 now and this was some 20 years ago but it all started a few days before my due date. I do remember the only sign of trouble early on was that via sonogra...
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Posted On Tuesday, August 31, 2010 by
My son was born on August 11, 2009 due to severe Preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome. During the beginning of my pregnancy, I had always felt like something was wrong, but no one would listen. Not family nor doctors. They just believed I was complaining about everything and that my symptoms were normal pregnancy symptoms. So naturally i started to believe what everyone was saying. I believed that the things that I was experiencing were normal and they are : Severe Swelling, Very Nauseous, and cons...
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Posted On Thursday, August 26, 2010 by Diana
My name is Diana G. but everyone knows me as Dee. I was 23 years old, when I got pregnant. I was in good health and in decent shape. I thought I took the necessary precautions (pregnancy vitamins, monthly doctor visits, normal weight gain until the 5th month.) At six months, my doctor and I started noticing an abnormal weight gain. I had gone from gaining 2-3 lbs, to gaining 9lbs my sixth month and 10 lbs my 7th month. At my 28th week visit, the doctor noticed my blood pressure was high, but she...
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Posted On Wednesday, August 25, 2010 by
My Story - Elissa
First, I should probably start off by saying when this all happened it was my due date (2nd August) and at 4pm that evening I was over the field running around with the dog trying to bring labor on. I felt 100% healthy and had been out shopping the morning too.
I was at home watching the TV with my mam (we were watching the cottage, I remember how daft the movie was) and I started to feel unsettled ...
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Posted On Sunday, August 22, 2010 by
Hi. My name is Heather. This story is about my daughter Chloe Leann..... My husband and I found out we were pregnant in October and were excited and scared this pregnancy was not planned but we were happy. In November I had my first appointment and found out I was 8 weeks and everything was good. 12 weeks we had our first ultrasound everything looked good. I was extremely sick for the first 5 months of my pregnancy. I had morning sickness which was really every two hours sickness an...
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Posted On Saturday, August 21, 2010 by
When working as a labor and delivery nurse one never feels that all the things you watch out for for your patients could ever happen to you. The "rules" of pregnancy, drinking sufficient water, eating healthy, kick counts, etc... all the things done that most of the patients we see rarely do and yet even in doing all these things as one is supposed to the unthinkable still can happen.At work on a Wed, laboring a 36 week ruptured anorexic teenager with only one other nurse available ...
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Posted On Friday, August 20, 2010 by
At 22 weeks and 2 days pregnant with my daughter Madyson, I started having really bad pain in my upper right quadrant just under my ribs and in the middle of my chest. I went to the hospital and complained of the pain and shortness of breath. My blood pressure at the Emergency Room was 186/104. I was told I had to be "evaluated" in the ER first then transferred to the OB ward. I was made to take a pregnancy test saying that they needed to have it in the chart that I was p...
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Posted On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 by
This was my first pregnancy, it was almost perfect. I never got sick through out the entire pregnancy, I had great blood pressure every time I had a check up I never had protein in my urine. This story takes place when I was 36 weeks pregnant.Over the past few weeks I was starting to swell all over. I would try my best to prop my feet up nightly but they would swell right back up as soon as I started walking around again. On Tuesday May 18th I started to come down w...
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Posted On Tuesday, August 17, 2010 by
We found out we were pregnant 3/1/10 with a due date of 9/19/10. In May, during a visit for our ultrasound my high blood pressure was discovered. I was in the hospital for a week while the doctors were trying to figure out exactly what was wrong with me and I was put on Labetalol, transferred to a high risk OB afterwards. I just had high blood pressure and no other signs so the doctor wanted me to come in every 2 weeks to be monitored more c...
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Posted On Monday, August 16, 2010 by
Hello, my name is Tonya and I was told all my life I wouldn't be able to have any children. Well to my surprise I got pregnant with my daughter Tianna Nicole. I was horribly sick during my pregnancy from about 14 weeks on. Everyone was telling me it was normal pregnancy symptoms but I felt like something was wrong. My mom went with me to one of my appointments and she noticed on the blood pressure machine that mine was high.Since about 14 weeks they (OB Clinic) was telling me I had protein i...
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Posted On Friday, August 06, 2010 by
On Jan 6, 2009 we found out we were pregnant after trying for approximately 8 months and we were overjoyed. My pregnancy was watched by my GP for the first 30 weeks until I had to go see an OB/GYN. I normally have lower blood pressure but through the pregnancy my blood pressure had gone up to more normal levels which didn't concern my GP but she was keeping an eye on it just in case. I met with the OB/GYN at 30 weeks and everything was normal, same with the 33 and 35 week check ups. My an...
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Posted On Friday, August 06, 2010 by
I was very blessed to have wonderful doctors throughout my pregnancy. Everything seemed fine...morning sickness, a little swelling, but nothing out of the ordinary. I did call the doctor's office one morning and got a doctor that was not mine...my lips were swollen...he said not to worry, so I didn't.A few weeks later, I went in for one of my first "every week" appointments...I guess I was about week 34 or 35...my last appointment had been 2 weeks earlier. I f...
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Posted On Thursday, August 05, 2010 by
HELLO EVERYONE. I'M NEW HERE! I HAVE ALOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT TRYING AGAIN AFTER MY DAUGHTER ("ALIANA") PASSED SOON AFTER I DELIVERED HER DUE TO SEVERE PREECLAMPSIA ON MAY 16, 2010.. I WAS 5 MONTHS PREGNANT & SHE WAS 22 WEEKS, 11 IN. & 14 OZ. MY ANGEL IS NOW IN A BETTER PLACE WITH ALL THE OTHER ANGELS & MY FATHER, GOD. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY ANSWERS TO HOW YOU DID IT.. IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT TRIED AGAIN & HAD SEVERE PREECLAMPSIA BEFORE & EV...
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Posted On Friday, July 30, 2010 by
I don't really know where to start my story. I knew I had preeclampsia but I had so much going on in my life that I didn't suspect or even think something could happen to me. Lets start when I was 16 weeks pregnant. I was traveling into the mountains, a snow storm hit so fast when I rounded the mountain, I lost control of my vehicle and hit a ten passenger van head on. It was a very scary moment. I remember hearing a pop. I didn't have blood anywhere. My...
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Posted On Sunday, July 25, 2010 by
I was 24 weeks, 2 days, when out of nowhere I was being admitted to the hospital and rushed into surgery for a c-section because I had a BP of 251/175, and my baby girl, Sadie Quinn, was in distress. My baby was delivered (via classic c-section) and survived only a few minutes, due to "severe preeclampsia/HELLP and low birth weight" (as printed on her death certificate). She was only 365 grams, but truly the most beautiful and precious thing I had EVER laid my eyes on. We held ...
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Posted On Wednesday, July 21, 2010 by
Hi. I'm new to this forum but I believe that the women here can understand what I'm about to write and any insight would be so appreciated. I was diagnosed with severe preeclampsia when I was 25 weeks pregnant. I got hospitalized right away...my BP was 196/114. It was pandemonium to say the least. They straight out told me I was 24 hours away from having a stroke and dying. It was the scariest time of my life. They managed to bring down my BP and keep my baby in me until he had to be deliver...
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Posted On Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by
June 18, 1982: Sarah was conceived and I experienced a very normal pregnancy. I was 28 and this was my first pregnancy, so I was nutritionally and physically fit. Working out regularly and losing any extra weight before I conceived was a goal, so I began the pregnancy weighing 127 pounds, which is good for my petite 5'4" height. My mother had three normal deliveries and I read all the books available. Of course I skipped over the chapter on preeclampsia, since I just KNEW that would not ...
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Posted On Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by
I had a wonderful pregnancy, relatively complication free until I was diagnosed with preeclampsia at 37 weeks. I was at my routine checkup, and expecting no problems to arise, just like all our past visits. We were running a little late, so I was stressed at being late for the appointment. Much to my surprise, our whole world was rocked in a matter of minutes. At the visit, my blood pressure was pretty high and I also had protein in my urine. I remember saying,...
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Posted On Friday, July 16, 2010 by
During my first pregnancy I was only 17 and trying to deal with life. I lived in a maternity home for women needing help. I got a lot of help learning what I would need after my baby boy was born but no one told me that I would be fighting for my life before he even got here! During my 7th month of pregnancy I keep telling my doctor that something was wrong. I didn't feel right! She would just tell me that this was my first pregnancy and that I didn't know how...
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