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Woman Talks Of Losing Baby To Preeclampsia,

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Preeclampsia a very important medical condition that can affect pregnant women. Jaime Nolan, a Twin Cities woman, had a severe case of it.

She had to have an emergency C-section to deliver her baby girl at 26 weeks gestation. Her daughter, Grace, weighed only 1 pound, 1 ounces at birth. Grace lived for just eight days.

Nolan was just 26 years old at the time, which was 10 years ago. She said her pregnancy started out flawless, then at 26 weeks, she started getting violently ill. Doctors thought she had a urinary tract infection and ordered her to bed rest for a week. By the end of that week, she was back in the hospital with high blood pressure and severe headaches.

After delivering her baby, Nolan said she spent time in the intensive care unit at the hospital as her condition actually got worse.

Nolan and her husband now have three children, two that she gave birth to. She suffered from Preeclampsia in both of those pregnancies also. She said any woman going through a pregnancy that thinks they could have the same condition needs to be their own advocate and call their doctor if they experience anything that seems unusual. Nolan she says she knows of women who have died from the condition because they didn't act quicker in contacting their doctor.

Nolan and her husband now put on an event called "Saving Grace-A Night of Hope" in memory of their daughter. The fundraiser benefits the Preeclampsia Foundation.

The 10th annual "Saving Grace-A Night of Hope" is at the Depot in Minneapolis on Sept. 12.

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