Hiya. My mother died when I was a teenager and I had never heard any stories about her having difficult pregnancies, so I told the midwife all was fine. I've just been talking to my aunt who says that she had pre-eclampsia herself and thinks my mother did too. I'm not sure she's completely right, as I was induced after 41 weeks, but she was hospitalised for a short period before my brother was born and neither of us remembers why! She was 46 so things may have been hairy for all sorts of reasons.
When I tell the midwife this at my next appointment, will anything change? Have googled but although it's a risk factor, I can't see if they treat you any differently for being higher risk.
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Family history of pre-eclampsia
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StiffyByng · 20/12/2010 19:44
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