Re: Eclampsia

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There may be nutritional, genetic predisposition and "different sperm" factors involved in HELLP/pre-eclampsia/eclampsia.

>After my first child was born I had an eclamptic seizure (my
>blood pressure was 200/140 during the delivery and I don't remember much
>of anything that day...most of what I know is from my mother-who was
>present during the delivery) about 12 hours postpartum. After
>complications with HELP syndrome, I am fully recovered. I do not have
>high blood pressure normally, I am a quite healthy runner with no long
>term medical problems. I am pregnant again (10 years later)and
>wondering about the risks of both eclampsia and pre-eclampsia.

Rule of thumb - recurrence rate - 1 in 3.

>I was
>told by one OB that since the father of the baby is different than the
>first, my risks are greater than if I was pregnant with a baby from the
>same father because it is similar to a first pregnancy.

Two factors make you act like a first baby (increased risk of HELLP etc in first pregnancies) #1 10 year interval between pregnancies and #2 different sperm (with different genetic makeup that your body may sense as "foreign" or "different".

>Another OB told
>me that my chances are the same regardless of the sperm involved. Do
>you have any information that would be helpful for me? After what I went
>through I am apprehensive and want to be at least armed with as much
>information as possible.

In addition to what I wrote above, please search OBGYN.net for articles and feel free to use the free Medline at OBGYN.net for articles, some quite recent, on this and other topics.

A consult with a maternal fetal medicine specialist may help you as well.

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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