Pre-eclampsia after

So this month is ending and I wanted to do one more post on pre-eclampsia and what it means to me.  I am not a doctor, just a pre-eclampsia survivor. So anything I write is just what happened to me,by no means universal. My first pregnancy I had gestational diabetes. My pressure was fine. After [...]

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Pre-e and what I felt

I had pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome. My baby was born 6 weeks early and spent time in the NICU. You are a crazy field of emotions in any pregnancy and birth, compound that with being sick and in my case I was just sad and disappointed. At the time of birth and the time in [...]

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10 things pre-eclampsia taught me

May is pre-eclampsia awareness month and as a survivor I want to do all I can to help others be aware of this condition. Here is my list of 10 things pre-eclampsia taught me: 1. Life is not planned. You can prep for a baby all you want and get ready, but when you develop [...]

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Pre-e & me

May is pre-eclampsia awareness month. If you’ve never had it, it’s unlikely you would even think twice about pre-eclampsia, if you have had it it has changed your life. There are some myths about pre-eclampsia that I believed when I was pregnant, I had seen an article or two about it. I was on baby [...]

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Pics yes please

So I had sever pre-eclampsia and HELLP. My baby was born early, she was whisked off to the NICU and I saw her for all of 5 seconds before they took her away and work on me and my pressure. Like other moms who deliver early for any number of reasons, I did not get [...]

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you never know

I am a preemie mamma.  My baby was 6 weeks early, because I had pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome.  She was small, but not like super small.  Her lungs were not where they should be, she was not keen on eating and we had some problems.  But she came home a few weeks later.  Ask any [...]

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On the day that you were born

I’ve been irked for quite a few years by the fact that my mother likes to come and sit at my house and play with my kids and her strange husband takes pictures which they show to everyone, to show what the grandkids are doing.  And by pictures I mean they take like a roll [...]

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Pre-e survivor

It’s pre-eclampsia awareness month and I am a survivor.  When you are told you have pre-eclampsia you usually don’t have a lot of time to find out about it.  You are usually in the hospital and are soon going to deliver.  You find out about it later.  When you read the posts about survivors and [...]

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Pre-E

May is pre-eclampsia awareness month for more info go to www.preeclampsia.org  I am a survivor of pre-eclampsia.  It’s been almost 3 years since my life was forever changed by this condition.  I wish I could tell you that 3 years later, I’ve been more diligent in taking care of my health, but I am overweight [...]

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You must be an angel

My best friend is my guardian angel and my childs’ guardian angel.  My best friend and I were always troopers in both of our pregnancies.  We weren’t the kind to call the doctor, stay home from work, or let pregnancy hold us back.  We got through feeling sick, being sick, feeling huge, being tired.  She enjoyed [...]

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