Throughout my pregnancy I had severe nausea, headaches, pain in my right side constantly and absolutely no cravings. I wish I would have had more information about preeclampsia and its symptoms and risks but I never asked at checkups even though looking back at notes now it seems they should’ve asked every single time.

I arrived at the hospital with contractions and was immediately told I was not leaving due to the extremely high levels of my blood pressure. I didn’t know what was going on and didn’t feel well enough to question or even think about the consequences on having severe preeclampsia.

My delivery was smooth and although I was obviously too calm to my condition, once my baby was born he was only just above 4lbs and that was shocking to me. Although otherwise healthy, my baby was constantly under observation because of my condition and I honestly don’t even really remember the first 24hours of his life. I wish I would’ve known more and been more aware but I also thank God that I ended up okay and so did my baby. I want to share my story because like me, others may not know about certain symptoms but also that it did affect my baby and although everything was okay in the end, I will never forget that day.