I count myself among those, as until last week I knew it was a risk in pregnancy, but dying in this day and age, I thought was avoidable. Until my friend died of it. I kept talking to her about taking it the risks more seriously. Everyone around us, all our friends, family, even her herself (though undergoing weekly monitoring), seemed to have a shocking lack of regard for the real risks. After it happened everyone was shocked and everyone kept repeating lines like 'I just didn't know it could still kill', 'why didn't they do more' etc, etc. But she and her baby are dead. And I'm angry, angry they say this and angry at her (which seems so mightily unfair I know) - but she kept saying the midwives were just worrying etc. But why didn't they do more - why didn't they insist on a c-section, she was far enough along. I don't want to scare people, especially pregnant women, but I do want people to take this more seriously. Maybe others do, maybe it is just the circle I know, just sad and angry - I've three young friends dead this year, not all pre-eclampsia of course, but all three for avoidable reasons.
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Fansas · 11/09/2016 20:29
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