Eva’s Story
In her own words: I conceived via IVF last year and had a textbook pregnancy, asides from a little heartburn. I had my blood pressure checked on the Friday [...]
Amy’s Story
Amy's Story: HELLP Syndrome, Birth Trauma and Finding Hope Again When I was pregnant with my first baby, I had no idea what HELLP syndrome was. I'd heard of [...]
Alex’s story
In her own words: I remember learning about pre-eclampsia in medical school and thinking it sounded like a terrifying condition to develop. I silently hoped it would never happen [...]
Gaia’s story
In her own words: My pregnancy started like a dream: unexpected and surreal. It came at the right time, while I was living a very fulfilling life, and I [...]
Nick’s story
In his own words: On May 24th 1996.My wife Michelle was admitted to Margate Maternity with high blood pressure and protein in the Urine. When I finished work I [...]
Louise’s story
In her own words: It's almost 1 year since the birth of our child. Everything had been going well during pregnancy. I had been prescribed low dose aspirin due [...]
Sarah’s story
In her own words:Before pregnancy, I had heard of the phrase 'pre-eclampsia' but I had no idea what it was.At around 24 weeks I kept thinking my baby wasn't moving [...]
Shareen’s story
In her own words: Learning to Stand Again.. I was 26 weeks pregnant when i was diagnosed with preeclampsia, it hit my kidneys first and hearing the words kidney failure [...]
Natasha’s story
In her own words: It was such a difficult pregnancy, with hyperemesis gravidarium tormenting me morning, noon and night. Throughout pregnancy I also suffered with UTI’s and general bloated feeling [...]
