Alexa Bliss has shared details of a frightening health scare following the birth of her daughter, Hendrix, revealing that she had preeclampsia which went undetected during her pregnancy.

Speaking on the What’s Your Story? Podcast, the WWE star said her mother raised concerns about her rising blood pressure. However, because the readings remained within a typical range, Bliss said the change was not treated as a warning sign.

“Yeah, so I had preeclampsia, and they didn’t catch it. I naturally have low blood pressure. And so when I was going to the doctor, my mom, she has a doctorate in nursing, so she’s very on top of everything,” said Bliss. “She’s like, ‘Have them check your blood pressure again, this is high for you’ but I was still a normal range for a normal human being. It shot up by 30, and they were like, ‘Oh, it’s probably just because you’re in pain and whatever.’ When Hendrix was born, she had to go to the hospital because she was jaundiced, and I had to go. The hospitals were connected, the women’s and the baby’s. As we left, we took her to this side of the hospital. And then I started getting really swollen.”

Three days after giving birth, Bliss was experiencing swelling and felt as though she was drowning whenever she lay down. She contacted her neighbour April, who worked at the hospital, and sent photographs of her symptoms.

“I kept telling everyone, ‘I feel like I’m drowning, when I lay down, I feel like I’m drowning.’ I started getting real big and everything. And this was three days after giving birth, and my neighbor, thank God, April, she works at that hospital. I texted her pictures of my ankles, my face, and she’s like, ‘Hey, not to scare you, but if you could just go get your blood work done, that would be great.’”

Following April’s advice, Bliss went for blood tests. She said staff immediately wanted to admit her, warning that she could be experiencing heart or kidney failure.

“So I waddle myself over there because it’s just a connecting bridge. Get my blood work, and immediately they’re like, ‘Okay, we need to admit you, not to freak you out, but you could be in heart failure, could be in kidney failure’. They were like, ‘We’re gonna keep you because..’ And this is what they said to me, they’re like, ‘Well, we’re so happy you’re here because a lot of times the mommies who come in with us, the daddies and babies, leave without a mommy if they don’t stay.’ And I was like, ‘Excuse me?’ I was like, I’m gonna stay, you don’t need to scare me into staying.”

During the conversation, Bliss also discussed balancing motherhood with her WWE career, including taking Hendrix on the road with her.

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