Hey ladies, don’t mean to worry you guys but have you ever heard of a condition found in pregnancy called Pre-eclampsia? Around 1000 ladies per year are affceted by it and sadly around 10 babies a year die due to it.

Now before you totally freak out things can be done to help, and if you are found to have pre-eclampsia things can and will be done to help you, it’s just super important you are aware of the symptoms.

In early pregancy there really aren’t too many symptoms, it’s when you get into the later stages of pregnancy the symptoms can become more obvious. Here are some of the later symptoms:

Headaches

Blurred Vison or nausea

shortness of breath

confusion

Now alot of ladies get these symptoms without having pre-eclampsia, i was confused the whole time i was pregnant!! But if there is anything you are ever worried about during your pregnancy please don’t be scared of contacting your midwife or Doctor, it really could be so important.

Check out the BBC health page here it’s fantastic and really imformative.

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Yeah we totally agree with this report from BBC news, it’s great the NHS is getting more money to employ more midwives. It’s so nice to have the same midwife during your pregnancy & labour maybe now this will be more of a realistic option. So many women see alot of different midwiives that it gets a little upsetting.

Our friend Katherine has just started her midwifery course at Cardiff University and we wish her all the best. She will make a fabulous midwife, so anyone in the Bristol region in about 3 years time you’ll be well looked after!