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Posted On Thursday, January 28, 2010 by Sara
I was 32 weeks pregnant when I had suddenly gained over 20 lbs. in one month, and I was only 19. I had headaches and swelling, but never thought anything about, I just assumed it was normal to swell and an occasional headache couldn't mean anything serious. My doctor immediatly called me in to her office and did a urine test for protein and check my blood pressure. It was positive for protein and my BP was around 170/100. It all happened so fast and it was so scary. I was receiving care from a ...
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Posted On Monday, January 25, 2010 by Christine
On July 20, 2009 I went in for a 32 week u/s. I was measuring small from the outside, so my obgyn scheduled an u/s to make sure the baby was growing correctly and there was enough fluid, etc. Everything looked great and the baby was actually slightly bigger then her gestational age, which was a healthy sign. My 1st pregnancy was going perfect. On July 26th I woke up around 4am with severe upper abdominal pain, blurred vision, and an indescribable headache. I had no idea what was going on. I drov...
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Posted On Sunday, January 24, 2010 by Jill
I was about 24/25 weeks along, when I just had thats "feeling" something wasnt right. I was small, I kept thinking when will my "bump" appear? My doctor never measured me. I started noticing my ankles and feet started swelling and I knew that just wasnt normal especially for how little I was and I hadn't gained much weight. I told my doctor and she said it was normal. I didn't believe it. I wish I had insisted more.April 18, 2009 I was in the mall, and I started having pains in my upper ...
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Posted On Sunday, January 24, 2010 by Jennie
Hello, My name is Jennie. I was 23 when I became pregnant the first time. It was only 5 months since my husband and I were married. It was a bit of a shock but we were so excited. My pregnancy started out good until I had some issues at work. I worked at a hospital in dietary and had to carry,push and pull a lot of heavy equiptment and stock. One day while at work I felt really crampy and just the general feeling of uneasiness like something was wrong. I was only 9 weeks into my pregnancy s...
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Posted On Thursday, January 21, 2010 by Olga
My first son was born four weeks before his due date because of preeclampsia. We were lucky to avoid major complications but the whole experience was terrifying. I and my husband never talked about it after our son was born as it was the most frightening thing that ever happen to us. We were simply grateful to be alive. To get pregnant for the first time we went through infertility treatment, so it came as a total surprise to learn 5 years later that I was pregnant again. We were both...
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Posted On Wednesday, January 20, 2010 by Christi
I am hopeful that writing all this out will better help me cope and deal with my pregnancy. February of 2009, I found out I was pregnant. That was amazing news after many years of trying and many rounds of fertility drugs due to PCOS. I fell to my knees and began to cry and thank my Heavenly Father. The first 4 months were difficult due to morning sickness. I made it through by taking Zofran three times a day. I had prayed for this child over and over again and decided that I would try a...
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Posted On Wednesday, January 20, 2010 by Shannon
I had successfully given birth to two very healthy baby boys, with very uneventful pregnancies, I joked that I was made to have babies. I never even read the chapters or articles in the pregnancy books or magazines that discussed possible problems, thinking "that won't happen to me." How wrong I was! My third pregnancy (another boy) had me extremely swollen, ridiculous really, I had to buy new shoes just to find a pair that I could get my feet in. My blood pressure stayed...
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Posted On Tuesday, January 19, 2010 by Lisa
I had, what many would consider, a "perfect pregnancy" -- until I got sick. At 28 weeks I had a great prenatal appointment with no complications and appropriate weight gain. Two days latter I had a spitting headache all night that was very difficult to control. I swelled up like a balloon, and for some reason I just stopped urinating. I called my doctors office in the morning to ask just how much Tylenol I could take without harming my baby. Wisely, the nurse asked ...
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Posted On Sunday, January 17, 2010 by Van
After renovating our house for 2 and a half years, after struggling financially for most of our 10 years together our life had finally taken shape. Our first daughter was now 3 and my wife had just given birth to our second daughter. Life was grand and my wife looked like an angel and so happy. You see she did not like being pregnant and was scared when our first daughter was born but the second was much different. She was immediately in love and looked like an angelic mo...
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Posted On Sunday, January 17, 2010 by April
Hi,I had never heard of HELLP syndrome before. In fact, I didn't know much about preeclampsia either, as I had a healthy first pregnancy and didn't worry myself with such complications. I read "What to Expect When You're Expecting" but always skipped over the part about complications in pregnancy. When I was pregnant with my second son, I remember doing this, saying to myself that this would be a perfect textbook pregnancy as well. Boy, was I so wrong.About one to two months befo...
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Posted On Saturday, January 16, 2010 by Jason
As I write this, I am actually sitting in the hospital, next to my wife who is asleep in the hospital bed. She has been in the hospital for 8 days now. Yesterday was our 30 week gestation period. What started as a routine OBGYN appointment turned into a small nightmare. Upon arrival to the hospital on the Army post where my wife and I live, her blood pressure was found to be extremely high. The doctor admitted her for observation and ordered blood pressure checks every 15 minutes and a 24 h...
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Posted On Friday, January 15, 2010 by Sarah
Hello, my name is Sarah and I am 29 living in New Zealand. I was diagnosed with severe pre-eclampsia in my first pregnancy. Luckily it was diagnosed early and we had a very happy outcome. Here is our story:
The first 28 weeks of our pregnancy ran smoothly, I was healthy and baby was growing well. I have a health condition (IBD) which can lead to the baby being born small so I was scheduled for regular ultrasounds and obstetrician appointments.
At one of the OBS...
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Posted On Thursday, January 14, 2010 by Amanda
Hi
I am new here and really after some advice and just to get stuff off of my chest.
I had severe pre-e with my daughter just over 2 yrs ago. She was delivered at 35 weeks 6 days and was a healthy 6lb 3oz and absolutely fine, however it was me that suffered. My BP had been steadily going up throughout my pregnancy, but I was told it was nothing to worry about and at 32 wks I had had such a good pregnancy that my Midwife told me that she didn...
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Posted On Wednesday, January 13, 2010 by catherine
Hi!My name is Catherine.On July 6th 2007 I was rushed to the ER due to major swelling of my hands and feet and from feeling very shaky and faint.The nurse finally told me I had severe preeclampsia.They decided to do a 48 hour urine specimen. After that they decided to deliver me finally on the 14th after it got terrible. I was on magnesium sulfate for days... Which I am sure most of you know makes you feel horrible. I was very in and out of it.&...
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Posted On Saturday, January 09, 2010 by Rachel
One year ago, I got HELLP syndrome. I was 1 day shy of being 37 weeks pregnant with our first baby, Madelyn.
From the beginning, I had a frustrating pregnancy. I had severe bleeding early on and almost miscarried. I had threatened premature labor and was placed on bed rest twice. And I had "morning" sickness from the beginning to the end. (Except it lasted almost all day . . . )
I had no idea what else...
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Posted On Saturday, January 09, 2010 by Alison
Hello,Not sure how to exactly start this but here I go...I wanted a baby not too long after I got married. After waiting over a year, my husband and I decided to start trying to get pregnant. I started reading several books on "how to conceive quickly" and after charting my temperatures and completing ovulation predictor kits that is exactly what happened..I conceived within 4 months. My husband and I were so excited! I held my breath at every doctor's appointment as, like every Mother, I wa...
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Posted On Saturday, January 09, 2010 by Jennifer
On October 25, 2008, I found out that I was expecting my first child. Feelings of excitement and uncertainty were overwhelming to me. Here I was, 21 and pregnant. Don't get me wrong, I was happy. My husband and I had been married for about 17 months and knew this was what we wanted; we just didn't think it would happen so quickly! Throughout my pregnancy, I hardly had any problems. I was barely sick in the beginning except for the occasional heartburn. I enjoyed every bit of it until aro...
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Posted On Friday, January 08, 2010 by Jamie
I want to tell my story so that I can give other women hope. I had preeclampsia while pregnant with my child. It was a complete shock. I had never heard of it, never seen it, and never knew of anyone who had a complicated pregnancy which resulted in extremely premature birth. I was first diagnosed with preeclampsia at 29 weeks. I was diagnosed, sent to the nearest hospital which was able to facilitate my needs (and was also 1 1/2 hrs. from home), and delivered ...
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Posted On Friday, January 08, 2010 by Jayne
At 33 years of age with my first pregnancy I had pre-eclampsia. I was informed that if I were to have any more children that the chances of it reoccurring were slight. However, five years later during the birth of my second son I had it more severe with the onset of HELLP syndrome, nearly losing my sight. but with the aid of magnesium sulphate and a long hospital stay my son and I survived. I was not informed that this was so dangerous. Unfortunately, because I was not i...
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Posted On Thursday, January 07, 2010 by Mary
My daughter had migraines, horrible indigestion, pain in her right side, very very swollen ankles and legs. When she complained to her ob/gyn, she was told she had normal, end of pregnancy complaints and she would be fine. She was 40 weeks pregnant. She called me and was sick and vomitting, couldn't keep anything down (this had been going on for months), I said to call her dr. She did, they said to do a fetal kick count and call back. They had her go to the hospital...
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