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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just read this earlier this morning and cried. I had HELLP Syndrome and an emergency c four weeks ago. The doctors at Georgetown recognized 4 days prior that I had slightly elevated labs and slightly elevated BP and may end up in trouble. My BP was never as high as the woman in the article yet the doctors knew when I needed the c section and got my daughter out just before my platelet count dropped close to transfusion level and my liver enzymes went sky high.

I spoke to another NICU mom who had the same symptoms as me but was at another hospital in MD and they sent her to the ER instead of L&D and she was told her intense liver pain (and clear symptom of HELLP Syndrome) was just the baby kicking her ribs and to suck it up and take Tylenol. She suffered for several days before getting the help she needed. It's outrageous.

I was already feeling nervous about prior plans to move out of the region before baby #2 but this article has me terrified to consider another pregnancy at a hospital that may not be as good at recognizing signs of trouble. [/quote]

I had this happen to me w/ my first pregnancy and my Dr didn't even bother to read the labs I basically forced her to order for 4 days (borderline high BP continually climbing but not yet in "high" range + URQ pain). Then, when she finally bothered to look, she called me in a panic clearly worried I would sue here (and/or was dead). Raced to the hospital and got a c-section w/ my platelets exactly on the border for needing GA. 24 hours on a mag drip, weird BP spikes for a few weeks... thankfully, everything worked out OK and my DD was fine.[/quote]

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