I had preeclampsia with my son when I was pregnant with him 2 years ago, however, it didn't erupt until the day I gave birth to him, which happened to be his due date. I had high blood pressure for months before his birth, I was super swollen all over, and a few times I had elevated protein levels in my urine. However, each time they would test me for the illness, it would come back negative. We could all hardly believe it, with all of what was going on, but thankfully, we didn't found enough for a true diagnosis until the day he was born. That day, it erupted, and was discovered in my urine even after my son was born via c-section.
Anyway...
I was told that having pre-e last time, makes it a bit more likely that I'll have it again this time, so my doctors have already been testing me religiously. I haven't had any symptoms yet, thankfully, so it hasn't been an issue...until this week. I don't have a doctors apt scheduled for another few weeks, but I have been experiencing terrible, all day long headaches and even a dizzy spell or two. Nothing takes away the headache. Not Tylenol, not tons of water, nothing. I am terrified that I have pre-e again. It's so much scarier to me this time because I'm still only 13.5 weeks along, so I am frightened that if I do have it, it will affect my baby in a horrible way. I also realize, that although it was a topic of conversation throughout my nearly entire previous pregnancy, because I didn't have it officially until so late, I really don't know much about what it will mean IF I do have it. I know all the symptoms to look for, because I dealt with that a lot last time, but since I never erupted early last time, I don't really know what comes AFTER a diagnosis of pre-e, especially if it were to happen this early. What will it mean for me? Bed rest? Baby born preterm? Or worse? Has anyone been through this before?
Of course I would start having these headaches and dizzy spells, not to mention panicking about this on a weekend, when my doctors office is closed. I will call Monday, but in the meantime I am trying to avoid googling...and hoping someone here will have some suggestions for me.
Re: Preeclampsia?
I was terrified of a repeat when I got pregnant with my 4 child. I changed my diet to a very high protein diet, and did not take iron supplements because the extra iron from the supplements causes your blood to be thicker which can cause blood pressure to stay high.
I had no issue with 4th and 5th children and I will be doing the same diet this time
https://www.drbrewerpregnancydiet.com/