… onset. Monitoring your blood pressure is an important part of prenatal care because the first sign of preeclampsia is commonly a rise in blood pressure. Blood pressure that exceeds 140/90 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) or greater — documented on two occasions, at least four hours apart — is abnormal.
Other signs and symptoms of preeclampsia may include:
– Excess protein in your urine (proteinuria) or additional signs of kidney problems
– Severe headaches
– Changes in vision, including temporary loss of vision, blurred vision or light sensitivity
– Upper abdominal pain, usually under your ribs on the right side
– Nausea or vomiting
– Decreased urine output
– Decreased levels of platelets in your blood (thrombocytopenia)
– Impaired liver function
– Shortness of breath, caused by fluid in your lungs
Beyoncé revealed even more details about her emergency C-section in Homecoming: “I had to rebuild my body from cut muscles,” she said, talking about how difficult it was to get back to dancing and performing shortly after having twins. “In the beginning, there were so many muscle spasms and just internally, my body was not connected,” she said, adding that there were days when she thought she’d “never be the same physically.”