Windmills
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I developed preeclampsia in the last few weeks of my pregnancy. Luckily for me, it was manageable until my due date, when my blood pressure went up to 156/108 and I was induced.
My symptoms were relatively mild compared to some- my face, hands, lower legs, feet and ankles became really really swollen, I had headaches and vomiting, and on my due date I started to have really bad pain in my ribs- lucky for me, I'd been getting visits at home by the midwives every day from 37+4, so they got it straight away. I was kept in hospital for 2 nights at 39 weeks, and then I asked to go home because I hadn't slept at all and knew they were going to induce me soon.. I got one night at home before I was back
My swelling was the worst symptom for me- I'm a size 10, but I couldn't fit into my jeans because my legs were so swollen- I ended up getting my boyfriend to go and buy a pair of size 18 jeans from primark so I had something to wear! I had to wear his size 9 flip
flops too, they still left huge dents in my feet- and I'm usually a 5.
My symptoms were relatively mild compared to some- my face, hands, lower legs, feet and ankles became really really swollen, I had headaches and vomiting, and on my due date I started to have really bad pain in my ribs- lucky for me, I'd been getting visits at home by the midwives every day from 37+4, so they got it straight away. I was kept in hospital for 2 nights at 39 weeks, and then I asked to go home because I hadn't slept at all and knew they were going to induce me soon.. I got one night at home before I was back
My swelling was the worst symptom for me- I'm a size 10, but I couldn't fit into my jeans because my legs were so swollen- I ended up getting my boyfriend to go and buy a pair of size 18 jeans from primark so I had something to wear! I had to wear his size 9 flip
flops too, they still left huge dents in my feet- and I'm usually a 5.
