First baby preeclampsia.....

Hi all. Have any of you had Severe preeclampsia and then gone on to have more children?
I had a c section etc in 2024 and have ruled out more babies as i was so ill. I feel an element of sadness even though i know one child is hard work and i couldnt imagine another. Just feel frustrated its almost taken away from me. Can anyone relate?

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Hi, I was diagnosed with severe pre-eclampsia at 24 weeks with my first. I had a hospital stay and my daughter was delivered at 27 weeks. She was 1.4lbs. She came home on oxygen and is now 2.5 years old and developing normally.
I would be lying if I said my pregnancy with my son (11 weeks) was anything other than anxiety filled, but I knew I wanted another baby and the doctors monitored me every two weeks after 20 weeks gestation. I think I started getting similar symptoms at 32 weeks and went to the maternity unit pretty much weekly for checks. At my 36 week scan, he hadn’t grown, measuring the same as 32 week scan. My blood pressure rocketed within hours. He was born by c-section the next morning weighing 4.5lbs.
I won’t have another baby for many reasons but I also feel the risk to me is significant and I don’t want to leave my children without a mother if something goes wrong, but I was determined to try pregnancy again and my son is worth all the stress I had.

I had severe preclampsia, hellp, low platelets and AFLP with my first, I was so ill and he was premature, he’s now a healthy 3 year old. I went on to have baby number 2 who is now 1.5 and had a fairly normal pregnancy with him, no preclampsia etc! X

I was diagnosed with pre eclampsia last year at 26 weeks and it was ruled as severe at 34 weeks. I had my son then via c section and he was 4lb 4oz. It was a really rough pregnancy and quite a traumatic few weeks in hospital both pre and post birth (including a transfer as our nicu was full) my son is now almost 9 months and although I know I don’t need to decide right now, I am very undecided on what to do as I would love one more child. This isn’t really advice but just to say I completely relate and feel a lot of things were robbed from me during this time. Sending lots of support ❤️

I got severe pree with my 1st and was admitted to the hospital at 30+1 and delivered at 30+3. I got pregnant with my 2nd at around 20mo PP - when I was 30w with her my BP spiked again but we had a heads up it might happen. It stayed elevated but stable and we did NSTs once to twice a week. I had a C-section scheduled for just after 37w and emergency C-section like 4 days before bc we couldn’t get my BP to stabilize. I had the same medical team for both pregnancies and that helped a lot with round 2 because they knew me so well and we were all ok the lookout. Number 2 is now 20mo and my crazy ass is playing with the idea of #3

It was right for us but I am your biggest supporter if you don’t want to even find out about round 2. You being healthy and safe is the best thing.

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