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Deadly High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Is on the Rise

Sara McGinnis was pregnant with her second child and something felt off. Her body was swollen. She was tired and dizzy.

Her husband, Bradley McGinnis, said she had told her doctor and nurses about her symptoms and even went to the emergency room when they worsened. But, Bradley said, what his wife was told in response was, "'It's summertime and you're pregnant.' That haunts me."

Two days later, Sara had a massive stroke followed by a seizure. It happened on the way to the hospital, where she was headed again due to a splitting headache.

Sara, from Kalispell, Montana, never met her son, Owen, w...

 
 
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