Did you prepare your body and did it help?
I’m curious if anyone who had preeclampsia, or more specifically HELLP syndrome, with their first pregnancy had it with their second pregnancy. If not, did you do anything different the second time around to help prevent it? Were you close to or over the age of 35?
Also, as a bonus question, if anyone also went through their placenta giving up early on them and getting induced, was your second the same?
My little guy was IUGR and I had HELLP Syndrome pretty bad. It truly was not a fun time. I realize there’s no rhyme or reason for what causes these things but we’re in the stages of wanting to try for a second and if there’s anything I can do to help prevent either of those things from happening, I’m down. We’re not the youngest parents, which I know doesn’t help, but we eat alright and stay pretty active. We will double down on those things if we have to though! lol
Thanks in advance! 🫶🏻
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I was 34 with my first pregnancy and developed hypertension around 32 weeks. I was on preeclampsia watch and crossed over into preeclampsia territory at 38 weeks and was induced.
With my second pregnancy (my son was just born in June) I did the baby aspirin regimen, took fish oil omega-3 in addition to my prenatals. I started having borderline high blood pressure readings around 32 weeks again. At 34 weeks I stopped working (I was fortunate enough to be able to do that. I know that that’s not possible for everyone…) and I added magnesium supplements to my daily routine. My blood pressure never crossed over into actual hypertension, and I never developed preeclampsia. I was still induced because of my borderline hypertension. The doctors were afraid with my history that I could cross over into preeclampsia at any time so they just took the baby at 39 weeks this time as precaution mostly. But I made it 39 weeks without a preeclampsia diagnosis!
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