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Our kidneys are failing but we want to be mums


Around 2016 when she was 28, she expressed a desire to conceive. She was advised on the risks and benefits of conception at the time, and the need for regular medical reviews, the team wrote last month in the journal Obstetric Medicine.
Two years later, she had presented at the KNH renal clinic with a six-month pregnancy. She had uncontrolled blood pressure, headache, body swelling, and other symptoms consistent with kidney disease.
She was put on medication to control blood pressure while labour was induced immediately but unfortunately, she lost the baby.
After the ordeal, the doctors say her health improved significantly and she was advised on future conception and put on follow-up renal and postnatal clinics. ....

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