What did preeclampsia feel like for you

[Anonymous]

Worst headache ever. And my blood pressure was high.

[Anonymous]

Swollen feet and legs. I just thought it was normal swelling for third trimester in heat of summer. Went in for 36 week appointment and BP was sky high and I’d gained 15lbs in 10 days. Admitted and induced next day. Stayed on BP meds for 30 days after delivery and have been fine since.

[Anonymous]

Super swollen; no one would listen to me that I was swollen, they thought I had gained weight, despite staying slim-with-a-bump the whole pregnancy. (I ended up dropping 25 pounds the first week postpartum, all swelling.)

Right upper quadrant pain, really noticeable, like bad gas pain. Headaches at the very end.

BP was high (don't remember the number) at 34 week and 36 week appointments and got diagnosed at 36 weeks. Positive for protein in urine. Induced at 37 weeks. Happy ending, everything went ok and BP went down after birth.

[Anonymous]

I had no symptoms during my first pregnancy despite having “severe” preeclampsia and needing a mag drip. I had a really really bad headache for my second. But no swelling or vision issues or upper quadrant pain. My first time it was hard to really believe I was so sick because I felt completely fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What happens if you get pre-eclampsia before viability?

They can do a lot with meds to manage BP and get you to viability.

[Anonymous]

First baby- no symptoms but had high bp, water spontaneously broke at 34 weeks.

Second baby- worst headache I have ever had in my life and nausea, went to ER bp 240/180 and immediately delivered at 32 weeks. My husband said by the time we got to the ER i was incoherent.

Third baby - no symptoms but monitored very closely by Dr. with weekly labs, blood pressure jumped and protein in urine. Induced at 36 weeks and developed postpartum preeclampsia as well. I had to go back to the hospital after I was released. I’m four months postpartum and still on blood pressure meds.

[Anonymous]

It felt like nothing. I felt totally fine and had no swelling. It was a complete shock.

[Anonymous]

No symptoms for me even though it was classified as severe and I had the mag drip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No symptoms for me even though it was classified as severe and I had the mag drip.

Ugh the mag is the worst. I had to beg them to turn it down because I was so delirious I couldn't even lift my head.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No symptoms for me even though it was classified as severe and I had the mag drip.

Ugh the mag is the worst. I had to beg them to turn it down because I was so delirious I couldn't even lift my head.

The day after I gave birth on mag, I was trying to read the paper and I couldn't focus my eyes. I was worried I'd had a stroke because no one warned me that mag relaxes all of your muscles including your eye muscles.

[Anonymous]

I had no symptoms that I noticed. I went to a regular check-up and my BP was like 210 over 150, and I had gained 21 pounds in a week (that turned out to be water weight). Was induced two days later after testing the protein in my urine. I was at 36 weeks, though, so very near full-term.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No symptoms for me even though it was classified as severe and I had the mag drip.

Ugh the mag is the worst. I had to beg them to turn it down because I was so delirious I couldn't even lift my head.

The day after I gave birth on mag, I was trying to read the paper and I couldn't focus my eyes. I was worried I'd had a stroke because no one warned me that mag relaxes all of your muscles including your eye muscles.

Yup. I couldn’t arrange my lips to drink from a cup or a straw and they finally turned it down somewhat. Luckily my second time around I talked to them beforehand and they kept it at the lowest level of the “therapeutic range,” still unpleasant but much more manageable.

[Anonymous]

I had lots of swelling. First feet and legs, then hands and face. I developed kidney failure and wasn’t able to pee, but my blood pressure was still usually “normal” yet elevated for me. I had the upper right pain under my rib cage that tuned out to be HELLP, as well as chest pain. The headaches and vision changes came with the very high blood pressure after I had already been admitted to the hospital.

[Anonymous]

I had elevated BP and some swelling. After finding protein in urine at 37 weeks they induced right away. Luckily everything was fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No symptoms for me even though it was classified as severe and I had the mag drip.

Ugh the mag is the worst. I had to beg them to turn it down because I was so delirious I couldn't even lift my head.

The day after I gave birth on mag, I was trying to read the paper and I couldn't focus my eyes. I was worried I'd had a stroke because no one warned me that mag relaxes all of your muscles including your eye muscles.

Yup. I couldn’t arrange my lips to drink from a cup or a straw and they finally turned it down somewhat. Luckily my second time around I talked to them beforehand and they kept it at the lowest level of the “therapeutic range,” still unpleasant but much more manageable.

How awful. I was so out of it that I couldn’t advocate for myself. Couldn’t talk, sit up, focus, etc. I’m so lucky *one* nurse saw it was a problem and pushed for me to get it lowered. I remember hearing her arguing with the doctor, who kept saying I was “in range”.

5 days of magnesium, 2 failed inductions, 40 pounds of retained water, zero sleep for 5 days because I needed my blood pressure checked every 20 minutes, 6 blood draws a day around the clock, no food….and they kept pressuring me to deliver vaginally. I had to beg for a c section, and even then only one doctor supported my choice.