Really bad 24 hours

Yesterday I got the worst headache of my life and couldn't stop vomiting.my blood pressure has been elevated since the day I gave birth to the tine and I called my ob and she admitted me immediately and I had to stay overnight and get a magnesium drip and anti seizure meds.I have never been so sick in my life.my bp is normal because I'm on medication now..but post partum preeclampsia, as rare as it is, can and really does happen.I am almost 4 weeks out and she said it can happen up to 6 weeks out..

You poor thing. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Also, I saw the picture you put on here of Wyatt and Violet - they are absolutely gorgeous - congratulations x

Big hugs!

Thank you ladies..I am home and had a bp check this morning and so far it's stayed down now.my ob said it's against her advice for me to ever have another child so looks like I'm officially done,which is just as well..I want to be here for the kids I have.

Not really nice news to hear but fortunately you got your girl!!!

I am so sorry dear.. My neighbor went through the same thing last year when she gave birth to her daughter. She had to stay in the hospital for two days. After that she was okay . Get well soon!!

i am so very lucky to have gotten my girl and I'm totally fine with no more babies..i asked her why this happened and she said they don't know why.and it didn't happen in any other pregnancy I had,just this one..but every other time I've been pregnant it's only been w boys so I don't know if that has anything to do w it..I'm just lucky they caught it and I'm ok:-)

Im so glad you are home and all is well now! I know how bad pre eclampsia can be. I had it and HELLP when I was pregnant with dd and I was in the ICU for 5 days and my baby was discharged! It was awful and I had a 50/50 chance of living ( I contracted sepsis from the emergency c section) My HELLP/ Pre E was before the baby though, I hear after is much more rare.

Wanted to add I was on the magnesium sulfate for 48 hours during labor and then the day after. It is the worst stuff! It made me feel awful!

What had happened is that I did have severe preeclampsia the day I delivered and my bp did drop for a little (my ob thinks the blood loss from my c-section masked the high bp for awhile) but it had creeped back up before I even left the hospital to the 145/90ish range which she said was higher than normal but considering how high it was before I delivered that it may take a little to come back down and she wasn't worried too much about it and said she'd see me in a week to make sure it was going down..well a week later it had risen a little more and she still wasn't too concerned and saw me a week later and it was about the same..then on the 21st,I got a headache that I can't even describe,I couldn't see anything but spots,I vomited non stop,my stomach hurt,and I couldn't breathe.I called her and she said go to the er and she would be waiting for me..I got there and she immediately took me into an exam room and my bp was 170/110 and she immediately drew labs and started the magnesium and she said I actually had post partum preeclampsia and at 3 weeks past she's never seen it before but it does happen.i'm home on labatelol and a water pill now and feeling better but wow how scary!! I am very lucky that no permanent damage was done.

Wow! Get well soon!