A woman is on a mission to raise awareness about what can happen in the fourth trimester, the weeks after giving birth.

In 2022, Stephanie Paradiso was diagnosed with postpartum preeclampsia. She had to fight for answers, and it's a battle she didn't see coming.

"It was a totally easy pregnancy, super easy delivery. So, you would never expect anything would go wrong. He was healthy, and I was healthy at the time. But a few days after giving birth, when I was home, I started to feel really, really sick," said Paradiso.

It started with chest pain and progressed to headaches and extreme swelling. But after two trips to the emergency room and a referral to a surgeon for gallstones, things were only getting worse.

"At that point, I was super frustrated. I'm just like, there is something wro

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