🤰🔬In this episode, we embark on a scientific exploration of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, two potentially fatal conditions that affect maternal health during pregnancy. Jessica also shares her personal story of pre-eclampsia with the birth of her son.

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Citations:

https://www.preeclampsia.org/

https://blogs.cdc.gov/genomics/2022/10/25/preeclampsia/

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/maternal-mortality

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31527059/

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/blood-test-can-help-doctors-predict-severe-preeclampsia-earlier-and-more-accurately: