Next Steps

Follow-up

Just as there were no tests to predict or prevent preeclampsia, there are no tests to predict whether preeclampsia will recur in a subsequent pregnancy. Unfortunately, in a small number of women, preeclampsia will recur. This chance seems to increase if preeclampsia was particularly severe or occurred very early in pregnancy (late second trimester or early third trimester). Although, there are no tests to predict this occurring, you should be monitored more closely during a subsequent pregnancy.

Although experience is limited in the use of birth control pills by women who have had preeclampsia, the evidence suggests that birth control pills are a safe and valuable means of birth control.