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Q: Premature Baby

asked by: sweetangel on August 2nd, 2004

Experienced User

Hi everyone!! I dont know if yall remember me telling yall that my best friend was preggy. Well yesterday was her baby shower and of course we were all looking foward on seeing her. When I got inside I looked around for her and I didn't see her but I did see her bf so I asked him where she was and he told me she had barely had the baby!!!!!!! The thing is she was not due for until sep 3, well it turned out there was something wrong with her something about a toxic in her blood ( I dont know what that is can some one plz explain Embarassed

) so they had to induce her labor. She had a boy he was 17" long, weighed 4lbs and they named him joshua dillan. I hope he's fine since he was born 6 weeks early.

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lauren22

replied on August 2nd, 2004

Active User, very eHealthy

She probably had pre-eclampsia, which is where you have extremely high blood pressure. It can lead to eclampsia, which is the full blown condition and that can cause convulsions, seizures, or coma in the most serious of cases. The only "cure" or "treatment" is delivery. So they most likely delivered the baby early to prevent her from getting full blown eclampsia. I'm sure she is fine, and the doctors probably made sure the baby was fine before delivery! Let me know how she is doing!
Lauren

KissyBai912

replied on August 2nd, 2004

Extremely eHealthy

I bet it was what I had. Pih (pregnancy induced hypertension) aka toxemia....They had to induce me for it too. And I named my son joshua. Haha funny. Im sure the baby is ok.

lauren22

replied on August 2nd, 2004

Active User, very eHealthy

Yeah...Thats probably the more "familiar" term! Its all hypertension...High blood pressure! There is always more than one word for all the medical stuff....And oh how lucky am I to have to learn all of them! Haha

linuxChique

replied on August 3rd, 2004

Extremely eHealthy

There's also toxoplasmosis, but that's treatable. They wouldn't have delivered for that. But that's another "toxic" sounding thing!

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