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<blockquote data-quote="Jkarn83_" data-source="post: 2007494" data-attributes="member: 441283"><p>Hi Hayley,</p><p></p><p>I had severe pre-eclampsia at 36+5, at which point my daughter needed to be delivered by emergency section (she needed some oxygen and was then fine) and I had temporary kidney failure and liver damage (from which I have made a full recovery). My advice would be to go and see a pre-pregnancy specialist (you need a referral from a GP) who will look at your previous clinical history and advise on your risks from there. When I went to see the specialist I was expecting her to say my risk of severe pre-eclampsia occurring was 20-25%, and what she said was there was a 3% chance of it recurring, and if I took aspirin throughout pregnancy that risk would decrease by 25%, so my chances of severe pre-eclampsia are just over 2% (with the same partner). </p><p></p><p>I am currently 28 weeks pregnant (and between my first and this pregnancy we suffered a miscarriage), and having to live everyday in the knowledge there may be a repeat of what happened in my first pregnancy is incredibly tough, but I have got absolutely no regrets. </p><p>On a pragmatic note I have changed hospitals (to a significantly better hospital in my opinion), and bought the same BP monitor as they have in hospital, I appreciate it doesn't guarantee there won't be severe pre-eclampsia, but I figure severe pre-eclampsia thats gone on for a day, should be significantly less dangerous than severe pre-eclampsia thats gone on for 3 or 4 days. In terms of emotional support I believe most or all hospitals have a specialist midwife/ midwives that deal with mental health issues in pregnancy if that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jkarn83_, post: 2007494, member: 441283"] Hi Hayley, I had severe pre-eclampsia at 36+5, at which point my daughter needed to be delivered by emergency section (she needed some oxygen and was then fine) and I had temporary kidney failure and liver damage (from which I have made a full recovery). My advice would be to go and see a pre-pregnancy specialist (you need a referral from a GP) who will look at your previous clinical history and advise on your risks from there. When I went to see the specialist I was expecting her to say my risk of severe pre-eclampsia occurring was 20-25%, and what she said was there was a 3% chance of it recurring, and if I took aspirin throughout pregnancy that risk would decrease by 25%, so my chances of severe pre-eclampsia are just over 2% (with the same partner). I am currently 28 weeks pregnant (and between my first and this pregnancy we suffered a miscarriage), and having to live everyday in the knowledge there may be a repeat of what happened in my first pregnancy is incredibly tough, but I have got absolutely no regrets. On a pragmatic note I have changed hospitals (to a significantly better hospital in my opinion), and bought the same BP monitor as they have in hospital, I appreciate it doesn't guarantee there won't be severe pre-eclampsia, but I figure severe pre-eclampsia thats gone on for a day, should be significantly less dangerous than severe pre-eclampsia thats gone on for 3 or 4 days. In terms of emotional support I believe most or all hospitals have a specialist midwife/ midwives that deal with mental health issues in pregnancy if that helps. [/QUOTE]
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