07/10/2025
đź’” Awareness Post đź’”
Please share this with someone who’s pregnant or planning to get pregnant — it might save their life.
(⚠️ Long post alert — but worth reading!)
Only a few people who know I’ve given birth are aware of my health condition called Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM). It's life threatening but early detection can save lives.
I feel it’s high time more people learn about this — because if I had known earlier, I truly believe I would have been in a better state — physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Today, I’m alive only because I kept saying for 2 days after my delivery:
👉 “I don’t feel well. Something is not right.”
But my doctor kept giving me reasons why I “shouldn’t be feeling okay.”
🩶 “You just had a C-section.”
🩶 “You haven’t slept in 48 hours.”
🩶 “You’re being too sensitive — women these days have no pain threshold.”
Yes… those words came not just from my doctor, but also from some family members.
It hurts when your feelings are dismissed — especially by those you trust.
During the last month of my pregnancy, I stayed quiet.
But once I saw my baby’s face, I knew I mattered to her — and I had to fight for her. 💪👶
If I had known about Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and its symptoms, I would have advocated for myself sooner.
Maybe I could have avoided the suffering I went through.
My doctor only became concerned when things got worse on the second night in the hospital —
my feet swelled, I couldn’t breathe, my heart rate dropped to 40, and my BP shot up to 200/100.
That’s when panic started — and suddenly, there were doctors rushing in every 10 minutes to check on me.
Please, read about Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM) and its symptoms.
If you ever feel something is not right — trust your instincts.
You know your body better than anyone else. đź’–
It’s been 9+ months now.
My heart function has improved compared to before.
I’ve been on cardiac life-supporting medication for the past 8 months and go for regular heart checkups.
I’m doing better — but not completely okay.
I don’t have “good” days — just manageable, bad, or worse ones.
(Thankfully, the worse days have gone down from 20 a month to just 2–3)
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