Ljohnson1987

Hi Emily. I’ve so appreciated how informative your books are and the way it empowered me in my decision making during and after pregnancy. That said, after having 36 weeks of a perfect pregnancy, I felt bad and SO thirsty. Not sure I will ever have an explanation for this but at 38 weeks and 6 days, while in labor, I was diagnosed with preeclampsia with sever features (liver and kidneys/never had high blood pressure). After birth I was given magnesium which to me was more traumatic than the preeclampsia diagnosis. I don’t remember anything during this time. I’m wondering if you could explain more about magnesium as the information I find is not helpful. My understanding is that it brings your risk of seizure from already very low to barely lower. If I have a another baby and have preeclampsia again, I would like to decline this as not only did it make me feel terrible, not remember the first days of my baby’s life, but I also believe it is the reason I couldn’t breastfeed (info on this seems limited but seems like a real thing). Would love to know what data you have regarding magnesium. Thank you!