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grateful: I was very sick when my first daughter was born.  My sister came and stayed for two weeks to help us out.
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I was very sick when our first daughter was born. I developed HELLP syndrome with her and was in the hospital for 7 days.
human
Oh, that's terrible!! What is HELLP syndrome?
human
It's basically when eclampsia progresses to the point that your blood doesn't clot and your organs start shutting down.  I had to stay 7 days past her birth to get my blood to start clotting again.  My sister came down and stayed for 2 weeks to help us out.
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Thank goodness she was able to come, but that must have been so scary! I hope you're okay now!