i got pregnant at 21 i was told for many years this probably would never be possible for me it was all i ever dreamed of i was so beyond happy the first part of pregnancy up to 20 weeks was perfect i felt normal and happy . I left work at 24 weeks on sick leave as i had severe pelvic gurdle pain and couldn’t walk , around 26 weeks i went to mau with bad vision , headaches , dizziness , nausea and i kept getting laughed at and told that people have it much worse than me my blood pressure was high and i got given one tablet and got told to go home with the words “ you’ll probably be back tomorrow but oh well” i was there every single night till i was 30 weeks when i started having heart issues and went a&e where they rang mau asking what on earth they’re doing it’s quite clearly pre-eclampsia i had protien in my urine extreme blood pressure and all of the symptoms in which i was admitted over night and given more labetalol and sent home i was back the next week and admitted till i gave birth (35 weeks) , they forgot my medication on multiple occasions leaving me to be assessed for a stroke as my blood pressure was so extremely high that i couldn’t speak words , they tried to give me blood thinners before i gave birth and very rarely monitored me , they monitored me at 34 weeks and 6 days where my babys heart rate dropped severly i was taken to the delivery ward that night and kept on a monitor all night and woken at 6 for a scan which reviled my baby had no amniotic fluid and i was rushed for a c-section and my baby came out 3lb 9oz and thankfully fully able to breathe on her own as i had steriod injections , after the fact i was kept on blood pressure medication for 8 months as my blood pressure never went back to normal , i was left with severe PTSD i cry everytime i go near a hospital and feel sick at every blood pressure reading , i always wanted children but i don’t think i could take it again. Had i been listened to and my symptoms had been made serious mine and my daughters situation could’ve been different