Planning a second pregnancy.
Hello all,
I’m new to this sub, and came here for support.
I was 33 years old when I had my first baby, and developed “severe uncontrolled” preeclampsia at 37 weeks. I was admitted to the hospital after a stress test and was induced. I was in labor for about 36 hours before the doctor decided that I need to have a c-section to deliver my son. I was on the mag drip and everything.
In total, I was in the hospital for 6 days and my son stayed in the NICU for 2 days after I was discharged. Looking back now, the whole thing was pretty traumatizing.
Despite all of this, I’ve been wanting another baby.
After a year or so after my son was born, I began the conversation with my OB regarding another pregnancy. She was totally against it and said she would most likely have to abort me at 20 weeks and there was a 70% chance it would kill me. Needless to say, that traumatized me even further.
My husband suggested we get another opinion so we could make an informed decision. So we did. I had an appointment last week with a new doctor and she was baffled as to why my previous doctor would give me such numbers. However, because of my age (I’m 38 now) it would definitely be a high risk pregnancy. She said I would certainly develop preeclampsia sooner and I would most likely have a pre term baby since I am now a “chronic hypertensive.” I’ve been on labetolol for about a year and my blood pressures have been in the 106/72 range. I’ve changed my diet completely and have lost weight; but I was told it didn’t matter *what* I do, that I will for sure develop preeclampsia again.
I’m feeling so discouraged right now.
For those of you who decided to go through another pregnancy after preeclampsia, how did it go for you? Were subsequent pregnancies harder?