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Shannel Pearmen, a TV reporter was eager to give birth to her first child. But as her due date neared, troubling symptoms crept in: sudden swelling, rapid weight gain and elevated blood pressure. Shannel voiced her concerns repeatedly, but says they were brushed aside. “Everyone kept telling me it was normal, that the swelling would go down.”

Instead, her condition worsened. At 41 weeks, she was induced and labored for hours before doctors determined an emergency C-section was necessary.

With her newborn, Shannel left the hospital with reassurances that everything was fine, that the swelling was normal and would resolve with time. She was told to come back in six weeks. But just one week later, a splitting headache and blurred vision sent her back to the hospital; she was in the middle of a hemorrhagic stroke, caused by a ruptured blood vessel in her brain.

Though recovery was grueling, she has since recovered and found the courage to have a second child.

Channel now warns mothers to not ignore the symptoms, but insist on them even if others initially tell you everything is fine.

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