I am sorry this happened to you but its nice to see your story because even though it is so rare i ended up with Eclampsia with both of my pregnancies. My 1st son i was induced at 35 weeks and after i gave birth my son stayed in the hospital at the nicu. I was so depressed and started to get sever headaches and thought it was just from the stress of not bringing home my son. I went to sleep the night before in horrible pain and woke up the next morning with the same pain but completely blind! i was alone and didnt know what was going on. I ended up calling my husband and when he arrived to come take me to the hospital i was on the floor having a seizure. It took 39 hours before my vision started to come back. i was in the hospital for a week and then was released with BP meds and had to see a doctor 2 times a week for 6 weeks until it went away. With my 2nd son i kept telling my doctor i was having he same signs as my 1t son and they ignored me, they thought i was some crazy mom that just wanted to complain, until i hit 35 weeks again and my BP went sky high they monitored me and i was finally induced at 38 weeks and we thought i was over it all and was released from the hospital. However 48 hours later i wake my husband because my chest was tight and i was having trouble breathing. He rushed me to the emergency room and when they checked my BP it was 207/109 within minutes i went from bad to worse i was starting to have a heart attack at 22 years old. when they finaly got me stable they took me up to ICU and i had to stay for 4 days. I ended up on 6 different BP medications 4 times a day and had to see a doctor every week and get blood work 2 times a week until it went away and it took til 8 weeks post par tum. They were the scariest days of my life but knowing the signs is what saved my life after my 1st born.
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I am sorry this happened to you but its nice to see your story because even though it is so rare i ended up with Eclampsia with both of my pregnancies. My 1st son i was induced at 35 weeks and after i gave birth my son stayed in the hospital at the nicu. I was so depressed and started to get sever headaches and thought it was just from the stress of not bringing home my son. I went to sleep the night before in horrible pain and woke up the next morning with the same pain but completely blind! i was alone and didnt know what was going on. I ended up calling my husband and when he arrived to come take me to the hospital i was on the floor having a seizure. It took 39 hours before my vision started to come back. i was in the hospital for a week and then was released with BP meds and had to see a doctor 2 times a week for 6 weeks until it went away. With my 2nd son i kept telling my doctor i was having he same signs as my 1t son and they ignored me, they thought i was some crazy mom that just wanted to complain, until i hit 35 weeks again and my BP went sky high they monitored me and i was finally induced at 38 weeks and we thought i was over it all and was released from the hospital. However 48 hours later i wake my husband because my chest was tight and i was having trouble breathing. He rushed me to the emergency room and when they checked my BP it was 207/109 within minutes i went from bad to worse i was starting to have a heart attack at 22 years old. when they finaly got me stable they took me up to ICU and i had to stay for 4 days. I ended up on 6 different BP medications 4 times a day and had to see a doctor every week and get blood work 2 times a week until it went away and it took til 8 weeks post par tum. They were the scariest days of my life but knowing the signs is what saved my life after my 1st born.
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