Terrified of getting pregnant again...experiences?

Question

I had a very routine pregnancy.

However, a week after delivery, I developed postpartum hypertension and almost got extremely sick. Like I almost had a stroke. The whole experience has scared the h**l out of me...I'm 11 weeks pp now and still on blood pressure medications. It wasn't preeclampsia, but I know existant bp conditions put you at risk for developing it...while I was going through everything weeks ago I remember thinking "if I would have known this was going to happen..."(I know its ounds terrible, I love my daughter but it's hard not to think that way when you think you may die). So why would I put myself at risk again? I want another child I'm just terrified. Has anyone had a difficult pregnancy/postpartum period and gone on to get pregnant again or decided one was enough?

Answer 1

I had a very difficult pregnancy and birth. i too almost died having my baby, I don't regret my son, he is the best thing that ever happened to me, but all I could think about,was what if I hadn't been there to see him grow up. I decided that it would not be fair to him or another child to take the risk of having the same thing happen again, which my ob told me, it probably would. You have to make your own choice, and that was mine.

Answer 2

I had a difficult and terrifying 1st pregnancy I had to have a cerclage which is a stitch that they put in your cervix at 15 weeks to prevent miscarrige sice its a surgery u have to get a spinal epidural I almost lost my son and was on pins and needles the rest of the pregnancy then to find out I was pregnant again when he was only 5 months old I cried and the same thing had to happen with that pregnancy so 4 epidurals later thats when i decided two children was enough