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[quote=Anonymous]I had HELLP with my first. Not diagnosed until the day before FT (BP was high for me, but not high; OB ignored symptoms -- including horrendous abdominal pain that came & went -- as a result). Ended up being borderline able to have a c-section (hit the minimum for platelets exactly) when my condition spiraled during attempts to induce. Emergency, running down the hallway style c-section. Ended up with a healthy kid (a little smaller than predicted, so may have lost weight in the last few weeks), but stuck in the hospital for a week on a mag drip with clotting issues, etc. It was miserable. BP took awhile to come down, but eventually did. (I actually fainted in the shower a few weeks in, which is how we discovered I didn't need BP medication any more.)

Consulted an MFM who said coin flip whether it would happen again, especially because I had a weird/late presentation. Said I'd have increase monitoring and they'd deliver if any issues arose once we hit 32 weeks, so the danger was really more to the kid than me.

No issues with kid #2. They would induce after the previous experience nor let me go past due. Everything looked so good at 39 weeks the OB was willing to let me wait a little longer, but tests indicated no signs of labor at all (no dilation and head not even fully down), so we went with the c-section recommendation at 39 weeks in the end. No issues at all. Kid a pound bigger than #1.

Kid #3 I ran out of amniotic fluid the week before my planned c-section. No definite signs of pre-e/HELLP before that, but awful nausea from 36 weeks on & high BP for the first time the morning of the c-section. Placenta showed some issues (already aging at 38 weeks), so seems like it was lucky I had the increased monitoring. Kid was totally fine post-38 week c-section, though more like kid #1 size. Post-c-section labs for me were all fine, so hard to know whether high BP was actually something or just nerves.

Never wanted more than 3. My BP has been a little bit higher than pre-kids but holding sub 130/85, so no intervention yet. Apparently this isn't uncommon with HELLP.[/quote]

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