However, convulsions can occur suddenly and without
warning in a seemingly stable patient with no apparent or
only minimal elevations of BP.31 In fact, the capricious
nature of this disorder makes early hospitalization of
women with suspected preeclampsia advisable. Most
eclamptic convulsions occur prepartum, intrapartum, or
within 48 hours postpartum, but there is an unusual entity
labeled late postpartum eclampsia that occurs from 48
hours to several weeks after delivery