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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Preeclampsia is caused by the placenta which is new every single pregnancy. No doctor will be able to tell you whether you’ll get it in the future. There is no magic equation for them to punch to read a crystal ball.

Anecdotally, I got it with my first and not my subsequent ones, same with two friends of mine. I took baby aspirin in all.

IMO it’s a poor reason to not have future children if you want them. Maternal or infant mortality from preeclampsia is less than being killed in a car accident. [/quote]

No one knows what causes pre-e. I am the pp who had two additional children after severe pre-e/HELLP but I think this post is pretty insensitive. The reality is its a bit of a mystery. The facts say you ARE more likely to get it. And it is true that it is a life threatening condition.

It is also true that when heavily monitored it is far less likely that anything serious happens or that you die. But, for example, I had reduced function in my kidneys after my three recurrent preeclamptic pregnancies. My creatinine was weird for years and I had to see a nephrologist to ensure it wasn't chronic kidney disease. It has stabilized so they believe I essentially have a kidney that was injured and will never be quite the same. But also won't get worse. Anyway, I'm just saying that your fear is reasonable, and that there is no need to downplay the stress and anxiety of a complicated pregnancy. I clearly chose to go forward knowing the risks but it would be perfectly rational to not do that.

I will say to you and all pp's reading this that preeclampsia does not CAUSE heart issues later in life but is an unmasker for risk/proclivity towards heart disease. This doesn't increase with additional episodes of pre-e because again the episodes don't cause the heart issues, but it does mean that just generally you, OP, should be aware of your heart health and increased risk towards heart disease unmasked by this pregnancy, regardless of whether you decide to have more children. [/quote].

I mean…you’re just flat out wrong. On all accounts, actually. Impressive.

First sentence of a study published over a decade ago (and has been proven true time and time again): “The root cause of preeclampsia is the placenta.”
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3381433/
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Oy. Sorry but you are not showing a lot of scientific literacy. According to your logic, placentas cause pre-eclampsia, end of story. But then why wouldn’t everyone with a placenta get pre-eclampsia? Well, because there are complex factors, and not all are known. Otherwise we’d be able to clearly predict exactly who will and won’t get pre-e, and unfortunately we can’t. Please check yourself because you’re spreading BS conclusions regarding a serious matter.[/quote]

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