Need a little help?

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-02-2008
Need a little help?
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Wed, 03-04-2009 - 7:02pm

Hi everyone, I am new to this board but have posted on one other before.

My DH and I are thinking about having a second child. My son is now almost 9 months old, and in my pregnancy with him, I had high blood pressure towards the end of my pregnancy and was on strict bed rest for about a month. it never turned into pre-eclampsia (sp?). my question is: are my risks higher with having a second child of getting high blood pressure again or pre-eclampsia?

oh and my blood pressure went back to normal after birth!

if anyone could help me with this, that would be amazing. :]

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-30-2007
Wed, 03-04-2009 - 7:23pm
I had high blood pressure with my first pregnancy and it turned into preeclampsia.
iVillage Member
Registered: 02-02-2008
Thu, 03-05-2009 - 11:59am

Thank you so much for the info.

I wish you the best of luck. :]