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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had pre-ecamplsia.  While everything turned out fine in the end, I am convinced it could have and should have been found earlier.

[b]While my BP wasn't clinically high, it was high for ME and crept up throughout my pregnancy.  Also, I had a lot of swelling.[/b]  [/quote]

My exact experience. And I had to fight to get them to take the BP seriously because it wasn't at "crisis" levels but was creeping up starting at around 33 weeks.  [/quote]

I had the exact same experience with high for me but not clinically high blood pressure, along with swelling. I feel so lucky that my doctor was concerned enough to take it really seriously and even called me in on the weekend one time to come in for more labs, which showed deteriorating results and led to an immediate induction. Looking back, I'm also mad at myself for not taking things seriously enough. I had bought into the idea of "natural birth" and was so against the idea of an induction or c-section that I tried to deny to myself that things could get serious quickly. Ultimately, I would up with an induction and c-section followed by a tranfusion, but luckily baby and I both walked out unscathed.

There's certainly a variety of causes of the increasing maternal death rate, and the most significant factor is surely lack of adequate medical care/ability to afford care. My experience also makes me hope that the trend against medicalization/toward natural birth, doesn't also lead to adverse effects in some cases. If my original midwives (not known as particularly crunchy) hadn't transferred me to OBs, and the OBs hadn't been vigilant, I recognize now I could have been in a much scarier situation. [/quote]

You do realize that in all of these countries with better outcomes than the U.S., mothers are primarily cared for by midwives right? In the article, the mom who died was under a doctors care in a hospital. I don't understand how you are blaming midwives for subpar health care in American hospitals. [/quote]

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