Hello, I have nc'd for this as people here know me in RL and we don't want anyone to know that we're trying for a second baby.
I just wanted to know if anyone had experience of a pregnancy after having had HELLP syndrome with their first? I developed it at about 29 weeks and had my DS by c-section at 31 weeks as my bp was through the roof and my platelet count was dropping by the hour. It was all pretty horrendous, and DS was in NICU for a month (i was in for 8 days). We were incredibly lucky in that he recovered quickly, has never been re admitted, and is developmentally at real age now at 21 months. I took a bit longer to recover but have been off bp medication for over a year.
So we feel recovered enough to think about a second now, but I guess naturally, we are a bit apprehensive. So has anyone any advice/experiences to share? Was it difficult to conceive again? Were you monitored earlier and more? Did you get anywhere near term? How did you manage anxiety levels, both for you and for your DP?
I would really appreciate any thoughts. I know this can be emotional to talk about - I still struggle with the whole thing, particularly the utter lack of aftercare, but that's probably a different thread!