Thankyou all so much for your replies. With my first son Benjamin (who will be turning 11 on may 9th) i had the emergency c-sec. They told me i was in jeopardy of losing my baby and even myself.

The reason they are inclined to think i will suffer pre-clampsia this second time around is it is a different dad so it's like starting all over again. I am hoping and praying that i don't get it as severe or don't even get it at all to try and prove them wrong lol, but i know it is on the cards, so i am taking a day as it comes. My next appointment at the royal women's hospital in melbourne is on the 16th june. They are going to do more blood tests plus i have to do a 24 hour urine sample (which is going to be great fun lol)... the doc told me that if i am going to suffer from the pre-clampsia there will be signs then of it occuring. At my appointment on monday (28th april) my blood pressure etc was absolutely perfect.

I remember all the signs i got with pre-clampsia with my son, so i am aware of the changes in my body if it does start to occur, but i am desperately hoping it doesn't. When i had the c-sec with my first son, they cut me from my belly button down to my private and it was terrible, it was a very awkward scar and it was a longer recovery than being cut the normal way. The doc has assured me she will not be cutting me the way they did with my first c-sec. I think what frightens me the most about another c-sec is the recovery process and how it makes it harder to enjoy the little things that matter with your new little bundle of joy. You have to rely on the help of family and friends.

Anyway i suppose i will just have to take one day at a time and see what happens and just hope and pray that everything goes well and i don't get it as severe as i did the first time i suppose you could say it has put me in a paranoid position now.