Did anyone experience hypertension then pre-eclampsia during their pregnancy?

Thank god I’m over it but just feel really upset and traumatised about what happened to me last year and maybe would help me knowing that I’m not alone

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I did! My September baby ended up being an August baby because my blood pressure was too difficult to control. Definitely not alone- I had some birth trauma therapy and it was so helpful.

after you gave birth did your blood pressure return back to normal to date? And did the pre eclampsia resolve

I’m still being treated for hypertension, but I was before getting pregnant. LO had some troubles which led to both us being diagnosed with overactive thyroids- I’ve been told that could have been what led to the high blood pressure/ pre eclampsia. But also been told the thyroid trouble is very rare so still don’t really know what happened.

I’m just so scared and paranoid that my high blood pressure and pre eclampsia might come back for some reason although there shouldn’t be a reason why coz my blood pressure returned back to normal thank god after around 3 weeks of giving birth and I understand that pre eclampsia is related to pregnancy and once you give birth it’s gone..
Coz I suffer from high anxiety I’m always thinking the worse when even though everything seems positive?

Guess I’m just looking for reassurance..

I had it with my eldest, he was a May 2017 baby. I have then go on to have 2 more healthy pregnancies with normal BP and no pre-eclampsia. I did have to take aspirin with babies 2 and 3 but it was worth it.

I completely get the anxiety of it all. I was told by so many people that it is much more common in first pregnancies, and it’s great that your blood pressure returned to normal. Plus if you do decide to have another baby your midwife will be on the look out for any signs and taking aspirin whilst pregnant can help to prevent it too x

unfortunately I have decided that I won’t be having anymore children which does break my heart as I always wanted a big family but the trauma I went through with pre eclampsia and high blood pressure has left me scard I was in a critical way and I don’t ever want to risk going through that again esp having two small children

I get that 100%, it is so scary going through that especially when you’ve got little ones depending on you xxx

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