Stories

My name is Kelly and I am 28 years old and a mother to 3 beautiful children.  I have two boys from a previous marriage and on April 17th 2013 I had my beautiful baby girl.  The pregnancy was very easy except having to have a third c-section due to me having a solitary pelvic kidney.    Towards the end of the pregnancy I had a lot of fainting spells but the doctors told me not

hello, my name is crystal I wanted to share my story with everyone that has been diagnosed with ppcm.on Thursday September 4,2014 I went in to the hospital for a repeated c section I was VERY VERY nervous about having the surgery done Again !that whole week I was trying not to think of the surgery.the time had finally came to go into surgery the anesthgeologist gave me my doses of anesthesia

I got pregnant after nine months of trying back in 2010 with no fertility drugs – a win for someone with PCOS - but I had a very difficult pregnancy.  I was bed rested with preeclampsia at the end of my second tri, but I was told that nothing besides the high BP was wrong with me or with our son.  I had gained very little weight due to morning (really, all day and all night)

I started my family later in life, I am now 39 and just had my second daughter in January 2015.  The pregnancy was very normal, as was my first.  I have always had normal to low blood pressure and have always been normally healthy.  A couple days after my daughter was born, my blood pressure started to rise while still in the hospital.  They kept me an extra day to see if it would go

I was having problems with my pregnancy,I had pre eclampsia and high blood pressure, headaches and protein in my urine.For the last few month of my pregnancy I was on bed rest,and was spending life in hopital being monitored an then home for a few days.I reached week 37 and had a natural birth to start with then an emergency causeriun after the baby became in distress.My son was my

I'm going on 9 years with ppcm , I have been threw tons (no one should ever have to go threw) The  tests , doctors, hospital stays , tears, heart ache and the mental wellbeing of this all . I'm very thankful I'm still here for my life and my kids . I'm blessed to have an amazing support  even if they don't understand The fears I have are so

I am a 34 year old married woman with 2 beautiful young girls and a handsome little boy....all ages 8, 4 & 1. In January of 2014 I had my 3rd child, a son. I have had Endometriosis since I was in High School and becoming pregnant was difficult for me. But God gave me 3 miracle babies. In January of 2014 my husband and I had decided that with all the pain I

I was 1 day post c-section when I went into heart failure after having my 1st child.  I woke up having trouble breathing and could feel my chest rattle with every breath i took.  I am a respiratory therapist so I knew something wasnt right.  After an x-ray, echo and tons of blood work and txs i was transfered to the CICU at Abington Memorial Hospital where I spent 2.5 days on heart meds

My name is Tanesha and I want to tell my niece’s story.  My niece, Heather, had 3 beautiful children already and did not plan to have more children.  Needless to say we (me and my family members) were surprised when she announced her 4th pregnancy at the age of 29.  We, including Heather, were even more surprised to discover it was twins.  The pregnancy went fairly well with few complications.  About 5 weeks before

Feb, 22nd 2013 I gave birth to my lovely son. My pregnancy had been pretty normal, better than most I'd even say since I didn't get sick much. However towards the end I did develop carpal tunnel because of the extra fluid, which went away after the birth. About 3months after I had my son I noticed my heart beat was irregular and quite fast. I would just be sitting there

I was only 18 years old when I have birth to beautiful brown eyed little girl . Sept 3, 2001 was one of the happiest days of my life! I had carried my daughter full term perfect pregnancy I even worked up till the night my water broke! 2 am I woke in labor got to the hospital and they confirmed my baby was ready to be introduced into this world! labor was normal for the

Hello all, I am an 34 year old African American woman I have 8 children 6 living. Ages 18, 13, 11, 8, 6 and 4 months. My last pregnacy was really hard I just chalked it up to my age, I felt tired and heavy all the time. Late in my pregnacy I felt like I was dying like the pregnancy was poisoning my body and I expressed my concerns with my doctor and made

Im so thankful that i happened upon this site!!  I wish I knew that PPCM was a sickness before I was pregnant.  I thought all my symptomes were just a normal part of pregnancy, like so many other victoms.  Most pregnant women dont appreciate it when you share your good news with somebody and they tell you their horror story of pregnancy/labor/delivery.  I was one of these woman.  I am a full time

I was diagnosed with PPCM on September 2,2014 the day after my fourth child was born.I had been short of breath and feeling very sick a week leading up to  the birth of my daughter told my Dr. And she said welcome to the 9 month of pregnancy and assuring me that's why I felt so horrible .On August 31,2014 I decided to take my blood pressure and it was

I was diagnosed with PPCM(postpartum cardiomyopathy) in November 2 weeks after I had my son Gavin. It was shocking and life changing news. The day before i was diagnosed I had called my Dad to tell him I wasnt feel right and was overwhelmed and asked if he could come stay a few days with me. He worked his route and then drove up afterwards and took off the rest of the week. he