Postpartum preeclampsia is so rare, even my doctors didn’t know what was wrong with me when I fell ill after giving birth.

Postpartum preeclampsia nearly killed me after childbirth

Postpartum preeclampsia is so rare, even my doctors didn’t know what was wrong with me.

I almost died delivering my son

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