Preeclampsia Video - Brigham and Women's Hospital

Preeclampsia is a disorder that is unique to pregnancy and affects about 5% of women, with symptoms that may include high blood pressure, protein in the urine, and swelling in the legs, arms and hands. Sarah Little, MD, a maternal fetal medicine specialist, discusses the care provided to pregnant women with preeclampsia and their babies by a collaborative team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
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[@malerieayala4349]

Thank you for this succint description of preeclampsia and eclampsia. I has HELLP syndrome at 22 weeks and the doctors delivered my baby but they refused to save him because he was 22 weeks and had IUGR. They 100 % believed he would not survive. This happened three weeks ago and we had his funeral service yesterday. I have been tying to understand why this happened when I had no history of hypertension before pregnancy and not until my checkup at 22 weeks. The placenta was never studied so I don’t know if the blood vessels were abnormal. And I was not tested for any placental factors. But I had every symptom of preeclampsia you described. I had a BMI of 29 before peeganancy. I gained four pounds by 21 weeks and gained 10 pounds by 22 weeks definitely from edema. I had incredible neck pain and stiffness since week 20. I had really bad lower ligament pain since 15 weeks. I felt bloaded right between my chestbone by my stomach throughout pregnancy. Everything was completely back to normal two weeks after delivery. Do you know what I can do to decrease my risk of abnormal placental formation and preeclampsia in the future?

[@rimazabaneh7120]

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