Has anyone suffered from preeclampsia? What were the symptoms? I am rapidly gaining weight - another 4lbs in 4 days - and am completely, ridiculously swollen but my blood pressure continues to be stable. My doc keeps asking me about headaches and such, but other than feeling just horrible, I am healthy. I now have to see him twice a week to monitor this.
Re: Preeclampsia?
Wedding Fall 2007 Off OCP's since 9/08-started with BBT charts Saw Ob/gyn May 2009 Blood work normal except single copy of MTHFR Clomid 50mg May 2009 Clomid 50mg + IUI June 2009 Femara 5mg + IUI July 2009 Normal HSG July 2009 Femara 5mg + ovidrel+IUI August 2009 Femara 5mg +ovidrel + IUI September 2009 November 2009-normal lap December 2009-met with RE December/January-Injectible med cycle with IUI-Abnormal sperm morpology found-only 0-1% normal All Head defects. Jan/Feb 2010 1st IVF with ICSI-5 week chemical pregnancy
Feb 2010-male infertility doc says DH's anatomy and blood work are normal so nothing he can do.
FET July 2010-BFP! Twin m/c @ 5.5 wks
Dec/Jan 2011 IVF #2 Only 4 eggs retrieved-Ganirelix dose messed up BFFN
Feb/March 2011 IVF #3 ER 3/9 9 eggs, 7 fertilized, ET 3/14, No frosties. BFN
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July 2014-going back for the frozen embryo! ET 7/28, heartbeat seen at 6wks1day with SCH. Miscarriage confirmed at 6wks4days
I developed HELLP syndrome at 35 weeks which is a variation of preeclampsia. My legs/feet were really swollen for weeks but my blood pressure was normal. I had a really bad headache on a Monday night when I was just over 35 weeks. I saw my doctor that Wednesday and my blood pressure was slightly elevated for me, but not preeclampsia levels. She decided to do a blood draw as a baseline for my next appointment. I got a call from my OB Thursday afternoon telling me to come to the hospital immediately as my liver enzymes were elevated and my platelets were low. I was shocked as I had felt better on Thursday then I had all week. My OB was even surprised by the results. I was googling HELLP syndrome on the way to the hospital because I had never heard of it before. I had a c-section the next morning at 36 weeks and both babies were healthy.
Good luck!