Pregnancy induced High Blood Pressure

IN HER FOURTH MONTH OF PREGNANCY, MARY WAIYAKI DISCOVERED THAT SHE HAD PREGNANCY-RELATED HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

SHE NARRATED HER EXPERIENCE TO EMMA ODABA.

WHEN I was four months pregnant, my feet began swelling. At five months, I was swelling too much and I was becoming breathless which I thought was normal in pregnancy. I went for routine check-up and that is when the doctor told me that my blood pressure was high. The increased blood pressure was pregnancy-related. I was put on medication. At first, I was taking the drugs three . . .

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