Preeclampsia
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Swollen Feet After Giving Birth
Asked by R.P. from Denver
on May 2, 2011
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Hi All,
I had my daughter five days ago. We were released from the hospital two days after the delivery despite my daughters ICU health issue. We have been home & i...
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- I hope you've already called the doctor and seen someone -been to the ER, etc. It's highly likely you have a blood clot or post-partum pre-eclampsia. I never knew that...
- I'm with the blood clot....very serious! Please call your doctor o go to the Emergency room!
- That happened to me, but my feet were so swollen and itchy, I had such a bad rash. It was because they gave me so much fluid in an iv that it never came back out so it...
Postpartum Hypertension
Asked by C.W. from Washington DC
on November 11, 2011
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I delivered my third baby a month ago and all went well. The pregnancy and delivery were completely normal and the only complication I noticed was my feet swelled up f...
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- this is very serious! you can have many health issues pop up due to the hypertension!!! With my first pregnancy, I had the most smooth pregnancy and just saild through...
- I suddenly got high blood pressure at 37 weeks...was put on bedrest because there was no protein in my urine, so no signs of pre-eclampsia. At 38 weeks at a regular vi...
- How many weeks ago did you deliver? It is possible that you have pre-eclapsia. Which you can get for up to 6 weeks post-partum. I would be sure to ask your OB. Hope yo...
Scalp and Ears Falling Asleep?
Asked by A.G. from Houston
on October 20, 2011
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It happens to me when i sleep.....wth is going on here? Im almost 6 months pregnant and i remember it happening with my first daughter too. Sometimes it feels like it ...
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- For me similar symptoms meant a vitamin B-12 deficiency, which can be quite serious. Having so many different possibilities mentioned here definately means you need t...
- Could it have something to do with your breathing? The webmd article on hyperventilation mentions numbness around the mouth(but not scalp) and also says it is common d...
- have you been check for High Blood Pressure... this is def something you need to see your doctor for, its a sign of possible pre-eclampsia. Also some women can get Bel...
Postpartum High Blood Pressure
Asked by V.B. from Dallas
on September 12, 2009
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I just delivered 3 days ago and after the delivery when vitals were taken my blood pressure was semi high. It never went down within normal limits and since it was no...
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- I had to take blood pressure meds for several months post delivery. You should be checking it regularly and reporting highs to your dr.
- You can still develop pregnancy-induced hypertension in the post-partum period!! New research supports this - as it was once thought delivery was the treatment for thi...
- i had high blood pressure too after the baby and bedrest didnt work either..they ended up putting me on blood pressure medicine and im still on it and my baby is 5 mon...
Headaches
Asked by B.H. from Dallas
on February 9, 2009
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I am 11 weeks pregnant and have been getting headaches everyday since I found out.I am taking tylenol pretty much everyday but I try and only take one dose a day no mo...
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- i'm 10wks & have been having headaches as well. you should be taking a prenatal already, did they check your iron & everything too? i have noticed that if i don't get ...
- B., Congratulations!! Are you drinking enough water? I would get headaches if I was a bit dehydrated. Try stepping up the water intake. That will also help with y...
- You should see (or at least call) your doctor - this doesn't sound normal to me, in particular if you didn't have these headaches prior to pregnancy. I got those migra...
Question About HELLP Syndrome
Asked by J.L. from Dallas
on October 1, 2008
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I had HELLP syndrome with my son. Thankfully, it didn't get bad until 3 days after my due date so they did a C-section and all is well. I was wondering what the odds...
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- I had HELLP with my first child. Mine was very bad and I was advised not to get pregnant again. Well, after a couple years I talked to my doc and we decided to go for ...
- I had HELLP with my second son. He was stillborn at 36 weeks. I went on to have two more healthy babies. During those pregnancies I took a baby aspirin. I also saw a h...
- J.- One of my very good friends went through this with her first pregnancy. She had HELLP and pre-aclamp.Her 1st born was a premie. This pregnancy she did not get t...
Pregnancy Induced Hypertension but Already Delivered
Asked by M.P. from Los Angeles
on November 30, 2010
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I started having high blood pressure readings off and on about two weeks before my baby was born. I had a baby boy 6 days ago. Today at my doctor's visit my blood pr...
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- I had pregnancy-induced, or 'gestational' hypertension with my first child. I was fortunate to have a very good doctor who believed in more natural or holistic method...
- You can still breast feed. My blood pressure was not high my entire pregnancy - three days AFTER I gave birth it spiked. I ended up in the hospital with my 9 day ol...
- Sometimes it takes a while for the damage caused by gestational hypertension or preeclampsia to heal, especially since the placenta dumps a bunch of chemicals in the b...
5 Months with Side/tummy Pains...
Asked by C.S. from Portland
on May 24, 2009
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I just started having some adominal pain on my right side. I just recently, last 2 weeks, just blew up. Is it just my legiments and tendons or is it something worse?
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- While there are 'growing' pains, just blowing up doesn't sound ordinary or normal. I would suggest, strongly, that you talk with your ob/gyn just to make sure. Not k...
- The right side can also be gallbladder. Go talk to your dr. just to be safe.
- I am guess you mean that you just got bigger, but if you mean that besides your belly getting bigger - your legs are swelling, etc, I would recommend seeing your docto...
19 Weeks Pregnant, Dull Upper Abdominal Ache
Asked by H.B. from Evansville
on January 10, 2008
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Hello! I am 19 weeks along with my second pregnancy. Yesterday I started feeling a dull ache in my upper abdomin. RIght under my chest. NOthing painful, its almost lik...
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- Congrats on your second pregnancy! Honestly I think our bodies are so in tune with what we need when we're pregnant that we have to simply just listen sometimes. If ...
- My first guess was indigestion or heart burn. Maybe when you have this pop some Tums and see if it goes away. I am assuming you know what Braxton Hicks feel like right...
- Try drinking a lot of water.
My Aching Hands!
Asked by L.C. from Dallas
on July 31, 2008
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So im at 35 weeks, and my hands, mainly knuckles, have become so stiff! Its hard to make a fist even! Im assuming it will go away after the birth, but wondering if a...
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- I had carpal tunnel with all of my pregnancies and had to wear wrist braces to sleep because they ached so bad… my hands did swell but I could always make a fist I...
- Mine was a little different. I experienced bad carpel tunnel syndrome. Apparently I always had CTS but never showed symptoms until my first pregnancy. It went away ...
- i also had this problem due to swelling...make sure you get your blood pressure checked...but at this point unless its severe you prolly just have to wait till you del...
