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Pre-eclampsia affects 5% to 8% of all pregnancies, or approximately 10 million women globally. Preeclampsia Awareness Month presents the perfect opportunity to offer education and events that will increase awareness of this life-threatening hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, which occurs in up to eight percent of all pregnancies.
On her personal site, Kardashian wrote openly about her struggle with preeclampsia, calling her induced labor and delivery "the most painful experience of my life."
Carey suffered from preeclampsia and gestational diabetes for the duration of her pregnancy. In fact, the difficulty of this pregnancy put her off of having more children.
As explained in People, Lima also had to deal with preeclampsia, which resulted in bed rest and an early delivery. However, she and the baby appear to be doing well now.
According to her site, Logan's preeclampsia became so severe she only had a 20 percent chance to live. After facing the harrowing ordeal, she became an advocate for maternal health.
In her 2002 book, Two at a Time: Having Twins: A Journey Through Twin Pregnancy, as a mom in her 40s, carrying twins who were conceived through IVF, Jane was at an increased risk for the pregnancy complication. Her preeclampsia led to an emergency C-section; her boys were born six weeks premature.