Prior to the onset, for a few weeks things had been going on. I had pains that I was worried about that checked out fine at L&D. Prior to that, my son’s heart rate had significantly increased and it worried my OB. She sent me to be monitored. Everything ended up fine. Even before that I had placenta previa and was originally slated for a C section but that cleared up. It was just one thing after another. At 36&2, my husband and I went to the movies. I started getting a headache but thought nothing of it. We came home, I went to bed, woke up and went to work the day. I was tired but got through the day. Came home and went to sleep. I woke up at around midnight in agonizing pain. It increased rapidly. I was holding my head running around the house and told my husband I needed to go to the hospital. Honestly, I thought I had just severely pulled a muscle or something. We get to the ER and he had barely just parked when I jumped out and ran into the ER. I told them what was going on. Within minutes they had me out back (even though it felt like an eternity. My BP was through the roof and I remember them asking me to consent to magnesium and trying to do their due diligence in discussing risks and such. I remember saying “I don’t care what you need to do just make the pain stop. I will sign whatever.” Within minutes they hooked me up and started wheeling me up to L&D. Honestly, they didn’t even tell me I was being induced in the ER. It was my L&D nurse who did. After about almost 40 hours of the induction process, my son was born healthy at 36&5. We ended up being in the hospital an extra day because I needed to be monitored for my BP. I had appointments monitoring my BP from when he was born at the end of July until December when it finally stabilized and went back to normal without medication. I do not wish this on anyone and I wish there was more information, education, and research on it. It was a traumatizing birth experience but I’d do it again in a heartbeat to ensure my son and I survive and are healthy.