Amanda was 31 weeks pregnant when her baby had to be delivered by emergency caesarean. Theodore arrived safely and was soon thriving, but a week later Amanda began to experience searing pain across her abdomen which soon started to radiate down her legs.
Scary Beginnings
It was November 2018 and I was 31 weeks pregnant. I have had hypertension for a decade and was warned by my midwife that I was at high risk of developing preeclampsia but this being my second pregnancy I wasn't too concerned as I had a normal delivery without any complications for my first child.