Video begins with a woman sitting outside in sunshine with gentle breeze. Soft music plays and continues throughout video. 

Text fades onto title screen that reads, "Hear Her. Joanna's Story." CDC and HHS logo shows at bottom. 

Screen fades to Joanna who is sitting inside and smiles as she begins: Hi. I’m Joanna. I am from Queens, New York, and I have two daughters.

Screen shifts to closeup of Joanna: After I gave birth to my first daughter, I thought everything was fine. 

Screen shifts back to Joanna sitting: During the actual delivery, my blood pressure was going up.

Screen shifts to closeup and Joanna continues: Two days later, I started to feel sick like my, my head was hurting. I started getting extremely swollen, like, in my legs and in my hands... 

Joanna shakes her head as she remembers: ...And that never happened to me throughout my pregnancy. 

Text fades onto black background: Extreme swelling or headache can be signs of a SERIOUS pregnancy-related condition. (The word "serious" is emphasized with all capital letters and underlined in red.) 

Screen fades back to Joanna sitting and she continues her story: I remember I went to sleep … and then the next morning, I still wasn’t feeling well. My head was hurting, I was feeling dizzy, I just wasn’t feeling well at all. And then, um, I took my blood pressure, and it was really high and then I was just, like, "Something's wrong," um, and I went to the hospital; I went to the emergency room.

Screen shifts to closeup and Joanna continues: Once I got to the emergency room, they admitted me right away. I had no idea what was going on. 

Screen shifts back to Joanna sitting: And they said if I would have stayed home any longer, that it was possible that I could have had a stroke, or I could possibly even had a seizure. Or died at home.

Screen shifts to closeup, Joanna: I was also diagnosed with, uh, postpartum preeclampsia.

Text fades onto black background: Postpartum preeclampsia is a sudden increase in blood pressure that occurs after delivery. 

More text is added emphasized by red letters in all capitals: It is a serious condition that can be life-threatening.

Screen fades back to Joanna sitting and she continues: I didn't know that that was a thing. 

Screen shifts to closeup, Joanna: I thought preeclampsia only happened during pregnancy.

Screen shifts back to Joanna sitting. She looks into camera: You know your body. If something doesn't feel right, speak up and get the care that you need.

Text fades onto black background with Hear Her logo. Hear Her Concerns. Learn more at cdc.gov/hearher. DDHHS and CDC logo. 

Video ends as music fades.