Pre-eclampsia and upper right quadrant pain?

sfire8

Hi ladies,

Several of you have mentioned upper right quadrant pain here.  I had pain under my right rib my whole pregnancy and my doctor ignored it, then I got pre-eclampsia, had low platelets, and emergency c-section under general.  A couple of days later I had the worst unbearable pain in my upper right quadrant.  I told the nurses and the doctor and everyone ignored it and said it was how I was sitting in the bed.  I'm 5 weeks postpartum and still having the pain.  Should I be concerned?

mrsschrager

Wow.. I am shocked at how they have been brushing you off.. that sounds like hellp to me.. you can get it postpardum( up to 6 weeks after if i remember correctly) as well.. I would call the dr.. just to be safe.

I had the same experence as you when i was pregnant with ds.... pre e, low platelets ( hellp) and an emergency c section under general after a failed induction. i continued to have the pain after delivery when i was in the icu.. they called in a unltrasound for me to check my liver luckly it was indigestion but you never know.

SarahTx5701

have they checked your blood work again?

you can still have pre-e post pardum. I'm surprised they ignored it with you have what seems like apretty severe case of pre-e if you were put under general for your section.

I'd mention it at your 6 week appt or call your doc now if its really bad.

I would also visit www.preeclampsia.org

They have a LOT of helpful info on there as well as a great message board that is strictly pre-e.

sfire8

Thanks for the advice.  Not once did my doctor or anyone in the hospital mention HELLP.  I had such a miserable experience, I'm kinda scared to have another baby.  I will definitely get an ultrasound.

marchmay

PLEASE contact your OB asap!

I was diagnosed with HELLP after I delivered DD. My blood pressure had been high during my last trimester and everyone assumed it would correct itself after I delivered; instead, it got higher. I also had band pain and low platelets and ended up having a blood platelet transfusion the day after DD was born.

How was your BP/bloodwork after delivery?

SageGreen82

If you are still experience pain, go into the hospital and DEMAND that they test you.  Pre-e can manifest itself after the baby is born, and you need to be taken seriously.