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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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Posted On Thursday, July 15, 2010 by
We were ecstatic to find out we were going to have a baby. The first time we saw him was on our one year wedding anniversary. He was about the size of a blueberry so we nicknamed him Blue. He was conceived on Christmas Day and we thought he was the ultimate Christmas present. My pregnancy was completely normal. Prior to pregnancy the only medical problem I had was Polycystic Ov...
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Posted On Thursday, July 15, 2010 by
I started having really bad back pain on Friday. It wasn't the normal back pain like I had had with my first pregnancy and it didn't feel like contractions. The pains were in the middle of my back and were constant. It felt as if they radiated threw my back into my chest and it was mainly at night.I had the worst time sleeping. I would take Tylenol which would only work for a short time and I switched positions so many times trying to get comfortable. I already had a doctor's appointment on ...
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Posted On Friday, July 09, 2010 by
My husband and I were married in June of 2002. I am a bit older than he so we decided to try for a child right away and much to our surprise we succeeded. My first pregnancy was miserable and things were complicated with gestational diabetes and such but no preeclampsia. Our baby boy Lucas is now 7 and wonderfully feisty.We conceived shortly after Lucas was born and I suffered a terrible labored miscarriage at 13 weeks with our second child. We really wanted a sibling for Lucas a...
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Posted On Friday, July 09, 2010 by
Hello, My name is Allison and I'm here to tell my preeclampsia story. First, I want to thank the Preeclampsia Foundation for their awesome efforts to spread the word and educate about the dangers of preeclampsia. I wish I would have found this particular site while I was going through the signs and symptoms.I was 28 years old, my first pregnancy, and aside from the normal morning sickness I felt great being pregnant. I was enjoying every single moment. ...
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Posted On Friday, July 09, 2010 by Erin
I am Jyoti Sharma from India. In Feb. 2009 I conceived after 10 years of marriage at an age of 37 years. It was a precious and happy moment for us. We were having our regular visits to our gynecologist and everything was smooth.
On Sep. 3, 2009, it was my husband's birthday. We visited the hospital and our doctor told us to get admitted as my blood pressure was on the higher side but she assured us nothing is very serious as such.
She told me to be on complete bed rest and if ...
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Posted On Thursday, July 08, 2010 by Christine
I was always told that life was like a rollercoaster ride. I never knew what that meant until March 5, 2008. Here is my story.I guess you can say I was living the "American Dream". I married my High School sweetheart and bestfriend whom I met at age 11. Josh was busy climbing the corporate ladder and I was traveling the state of Iowa as a motivational speaker for high school seniors. We bought our first home, a Craftsman/Stucco home that we fell in love with ...
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Posted On Thursday, July 08, 2010 by
I usuallly am a great conversationalist. For once I don't know exactly how to start so I'll ramble on my story to the best of my ability. It has been 6 days. Dark days since I felt an inch of light. Last moment of light, holding my beautiful baby boy Caleb Montiel in my arms. Though his breath was gone and his eyes were closed, I knew his spirit was still in this shell I carried.Caleb Montiel passed in my womb at 25 weeks. I delivered my baby boy on Ju...
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Posted On Tuesday, July 06, 2010 by
Hi everyone. I am new to this forum, and I am here because I have reached the end of my rope with my health and how I feel since I had my son. I had him at 30 weeks and I suffered severe preeclampsia with HELLP syndrome. I came very close to death and I have never felt normal since. I have gone to my cardiologist and my family doctor...I swear they all think I'm crazy...but I'm NOT!!Everyday i feel horrible...my vision is blurry, I'm dizzy all the time, I just feel out of it a LOT, I g...
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Posted On Saturday, July 03, 2010 by
I had 3 different pregnancies all with preeclampsia. I had swelling of the feet, hands & face but never suffered from headaches. I was put in the hospital a week before my first childbirth due to high blood pressure. I had started throwing up and had broken blood vessels in my eyes. My first baby was born 8/30/89 by c-section. Healthy baby girl born with a heart murmur.My second childbirth I was told it was unlikely to have repeat preeclampsia but they would keep watch. Again, ...
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Posted On Friday, July 02, 2010 by
I found out I was pregnant in July 2009. My husband and I had just gotten married in June 2009 and were thrilled we got pregnant so fast. We had planned to start trying right away. At our first ultrasound we found out we had a single vessel umbilical cord. The doctors reassured us that lots of babies are born with a cord like this (1 in 100) and told us everything would be okay. I researched it over and over again. I didn't like some of the things I read but overall our...
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Posted On Saturday, June 26, 2010 by
I began to show symptoms during the seventh month of my first pregnancy. I swelled up; my face was puffy, I had to wear my wedding ring on a necklace and I could only wear sandals. I knew my OB was concerned, but I don't think I knew why. This continued until my ninth month when my blood pressure starting edging up. During my 40 week checkup my blood pressure was higher and I had protein in my urine. I was diagnosed with preeclampsia; my OB scheduled me to be induced, but I went into labor befor...
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Posted On Friday, June 25, 2010 by
In the sixth week of my pregnancy, my legs and feet became so swollen that it became too painful walk. After a visit to the urgent care and relatively high BP (which they claimed was "nerves"), I consulted my OB about the problem. That is when he took me in for my very first sonogram to show me that the baby was fine and simply said, "Every pregnancy is different...you need to wear more comfortable shoes." Rest assured, the swelling went down as my pregnancy progressed. ...
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Posted On Friday, June 25, 2010 by
I am a 28 year-old mom who was excited to learn of a second pregnancy. My husband and I were thrilled that we got pregnant so quickly again! We have a beautiful daughter who was 1 1/2 years old when we found out the news. I had a perfect pregnancy with no complications and even less exciting delivery. I felt like a superhero after her birth and couldn't wait to have that experience again!First Problem:I was 33 weeks pregnant and not due to see the OB ag...
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Posted On Friday, June 25, 2010 by
I have had 3 out of 4 premature babies. My first at 30 weeks with eclampsia; emergency c-section. 2 lbs 3 oz. (Boy, now 6 years---minor speech delay and nearsighted needing glasses.) Second pregnancy, 37 weeks, 6 lbs 5 oz, no complications; VBAC. (Girl, now 4 1/2 years)3rd pregnancy, preeclampsia at 32 weeks, c-section; 3 lbs 1 oz. (Boy, now 2 1/2, small for his age) 4th pregnancy, preeclampsia & HELLP, 24 weeks, c-section;&nb...
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Posted On Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by
January 2, 2009, at just 27 weeks pregnant, I went into the hospital with high blood pressure, swelling, and other complications. I was told that I needed to stay overnight to have a urine test and to monitor the baby. After the initial 24 hours they determined that I had preeclampsia. My BP had come down and the nurses thought that maybe I would get to go home but that wasn't the case. I met with the high risk OB and he did an ultrasound to see how our baby was doing.&nb...
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Posted On Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by
Hi there. My name is Christina. I have recently lost my son. I was diagnosed with preeclampsia about 5 weeks ago and it turned into HELLP. It has been two weeks now since I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. He weighed 1 pound and 1oz. He was 11 and a half inches long and looked so much like his daddy. I was 23 weeks and 1 day. We named him Zac Phillip Alphones Ducharme. It all started one morning I woke up and noticed my face was a little puffy. I wasn't too worried but I went to the h...
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Posted On Sunday, June 20, 2010 by
In November 2008 my daughter in her 24th week of pregnancy at age 21 had facial swelling, trouble with her vision and complained of a headache ( all of this came on in just one day ). I am a cardiac ICU nurse and remembered from nursing school that these symptoms were not a good thing in pregnancy. I called the OB doc and was told it was probably just a headache and to take Tylenol. After day two of this I brought a BP cuff home from work and checked her BP myself at home and it was 190/102. ...
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Posted On Thursday, June 17, 2010 by
My oldest daughter was born when I was only 16 years old. I had preeclampsia with the pregnancy that was attributed to my age. Eight years later I became pregnant with my second daughter. I was nervous about having complications due to high blood pressure but was assured by my doctor that it only happened with the first pregnancy due to my young age at the time.My second pregnancy was great. A few days prior to going into labor I did experience a small amount of swelling. My labor went ...
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