something I've been thinking about and ready to admit to myself I've spent years trying to find the lesson in one of the worst things that ever happened to me. Pregnancy didn't come easily for me, so when I finally became pregnant with my first baby, I was over the moon. Then, around 23 weeks, everything changed. My blood pressure shot up. There was protein in my urine. Bed rest turned into a hospital stay, and at 24 weeks I had an emergency C-section because of preeclampsia.