Giving birth on your babymoon is the worst-case scenario?and it happened to me
Before our first child was born, my husband and I figured a ?babymoon? was included in the whole becoming-a-parent deal. (Maybe it?s a millennial parent thing") We landed on Miami as the destination because we wanted our last child-less hurrah to be sunny and reasonably affordable. I?d be 30 weeks along?a couple weeks later in my third trimester than what we wanted?but between our work schedules, travel mile rules, and the holidays, that?s the only time we could go. My doctor wasn’t at all concerned that I?d be 30 weeks pregnant. I figured Meghan Markle travelled way later into her pregnancy (in heels most of the time, no less), so why should I be concerned"
As the holidays passed and our January getaway approached, I grew more and more miserable. I was so swollen and very low on energy, but my doctor advised that I was just more prone to swelling during pregnancy. Quite prone, as it turns out: I was down to one pair of shoes that fit my massive cankle feet. There were a few mornings I woke up with my eyes and face so swollen, I looked like Sylvester Stallone halfway through Rocky III. I saw my doctor a few days before our departure, and even after I showed her my prize-fighter selfies, she had no concerns. I was worried that preeclampsia was causing the swelling, but my doctor kept saying I didn’t have it. All I apparently needed were some compression socks and sunscreen, she said. After all, my blood pressure was good (only mildly elevated, which was...
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