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Sorry I didn't get this out sooner. I am having issues galore - but none are major! That is good news!
My MFM appt yesterday went well. I am not sure if my protein went up - I dipped it and got +1 - but the tech got trace. I am starting to wonder if they leave it in long enough. BP was actually o.k. in the office (well for me) at 148/88 (but I had taken my med 2 hours earlier). At home my pressures are consistently in the 140s / 90s which is above my recent average of 120s/low-mid 80s. My MFM doesn't even pay attention to the office visit pressures - only my home numbers. He wants to watch them for another week before adding a new med ( I am maxed on procardia and he did talk about going over the max - but I am not sure how I feel about it). He wants to make sure my pressures really are up.
He said if they are still up next week we will do PIH labs again and another 24 hour urine. Then he said we will probably do them next week anyway even if the pressures are not up. He took everything very serious and examined my swelling. Oh - I have pitting ankles now as well as legs. He said an ASAP emergency will be pitting hands / facial swelling. I mentioned my face was a bit puffier and he poked around it and told my hubby to look carefully at my face every morning and see how it is doing.
My report to L&D numbers are still 160/100. also I need to go back sooner for any of the above mentioned swelling, headaches worse then what I have now (only about a 2-3 on the pain scale and they respond well to tylenol), heartburn that is not going away and he said it is very important for me to go in for monitoring if I feel baby less AT ALL. He said with the GD and the HTN I need to be careful with not feeling movement.
BPP was AWESOME! Baby scored 8/8 - we even saw him practice breathing at 28 week + 3 days! He passed in less than 10 minutes - little show off.
MFM said he will NOT want me to stay pregnant longer than 37 weeks - maybe he will allow 38 weeks but he doubts it. Then he said we probably shouldn;t even plan anything because he has doubts as to whether I will make it to 37 weeks. BUT if I do, he says there is no point pushing it. I was worried he was going to push it because of the GD - but nope :)
The groin pain is that pelvic separation thingy. It is intense. By the time I got home from my appt yesterday it was after 6 pm and anytime I moved I started bawling. Too much walking during the day I guess. So I feel asleep right before 7 last night and slept until 7 this morning when I needed to leave for another appt.
The GD appt went well - they are very happy with my numbers and said I can experiment a bit and stop being so good :) Yippee.
BUT.... I did have more spotting this morning. Very small amount again - but dark red again. I brought it in to show the nurse and she did a check and my cervix is fine and baby hr was fine. She agreed it was a very small amount but couldn't find a cause and was glad i got it checked out. So now I have to pay close attention to the spotting ( one more time - could have been from the exam) and kick counts. They don't want to do a NST because I am still so early - but if it keeps up I need to go get hooked up to one. So I just got home again!
I am on even stricter bed rest and my 2 hours of light activity have been taken away. BPs are staying 140s/90s at home - just keeping a close eye on everything for now. My swelling is uncomfortable and the pelvic pain is ridiculous. The docs told me to have a very low call-in threshold. - which I do.
I told my doctor this month is very important for me. I will be 32 weeks at the end of the month and i really want to make it to 32 weeks. He thinks it is a good goal for now.
They offered me some opiates for the pain (since it makes me cry) but I turned them down for now. I want baby to not have extra drugs in his system. If it gets worse I will take the meds because last night was ridiculous.
Thanks for checking in on me - I didn;t mean not to update last night.
My MFM appt yesterday went well. I am not sure if my protein went up - I dipped it and got +1 - but the tech got trace. I am starting to wonder if they leave it in long enough. BP was actually o.k. in the office (well for me) at 148/88 (but I had taken my med 2 hours earlier). At home my pressures are consistently in the 140s / 90s which is above my recent average of 120s/low-mid 80s. My MFM doesn't even pay attention to the office visit pressures - only my home numbers. He wants to watch them for another week before adding a new med ( I am maxed on procardia and he did talk about going over the max - but I am not sure how I feel about it). He wants to make sure my pressures really are up.
He said if they are still up next week we will do PIH labs again and another 24 hour urine. Then he said we will probably do them next week anyway even if the pressures are not up. He took everything very serious and examined my swelling. Oh - I have pitting ankles now as well as legs. He said an ASAP emergency will be pitting hands / facial swelling. I mentioned my face was a bit puffier and he poked around it and told my hubby to look carefully at my face every morning and see how it is doing.
My report to L&D numbers are still 160/100. also I need to go back sooner for any of the above mentioned swelling, headaches worse then what I have now (only about a 2-3 on the pain scale and they respond well to tylenol), heartburn that is not going away and he said it is very important for me to go in for monitoring if I feel baby less AT ALL. He said with the GD and the HTN I need to be careful with not feeling movement.
BPP was AWESOME! Baby scored 8/8 - we even saw him practice breathing at 28 week + 3 days! He passed in less than 10 minutes - little show off.
MFM said he will NOT want me to stay pregnant longer than 37 weeks - maybe he will allow 38 weeks but he doubts it. Then he said we probably shouldn;t even plan anything because he has doubts as to whether I will make it to 37 weeks. BUT if I do, he says there is no point pushing it. I was worried he was going to push it because of the GD - but nope :)
The groin pain is that pelvic separation thingy. It is intense. By the time I got home from my appt yesterday it was after 6 pm and anytime I moved I started bawling. Too much walking during the day I guess. So I feel asleep right before 7 last night and slept until 7 this morning when I needed to leave for another appt.
The GD appt went well - they are very happy with my numbers and said I can experiment a bit and stop being so good :) Yippee.
BUT.... I did have more spotting this morning. Very small amount again - but dark red again. I brought it in to show the nurse and she did a check and my cervix is fine and baby hr was fine. She agreed it was a very small amount but couldn't find a cause and was glad i got it checked out. So now I have to pay close attention to the spotting ( one more time - could have been from the exam) and kick counts. They don't want to do a NST because I am still so early - but if it keeps up I need to go get hooked up to one. So I just got home again!
I am on even stricter bed rest and my 2 hours of light activity have been taken away. BPs are staying 140s/90s at home - just keeping a close eye on everything for now. My swelling is uncomfortable and the pelvic pain is ridiculous. The docs told me to have a very low call-in threshold. - which I do.
I told my doctor this month is very important for me. I will be 32 weeks at the end of the month and i really want to make it to 32 weeks. He thinks it is a good goal for now.
They offered me some opiates for the pain (since it makes me cry) but I turned them down for now. I want baby to not have extra drugs in his system. If it gets worse I will take the meds because last night was ridiculous.
Thanks for checking in on me - I didn;t mean not to update last night.
Thanks for updating, I'm so glad to hear you are back home! I know we haven't met, but I relate so much to all the people on the PE forum as if I knew them in person. And I was worried about you with the high pressures and all. :(
ReplyDeleteYour doctor sounds really good! How often do you see the MFM now? Is there anything that could help you with the bed rest? I'm not sure where you live, if you were in central PA you'd most definitely be getting some reheatable homemade dinners from us. ;)
I'm so sorry you're going through this, Jamie. It sounds like you have a great doctor. I'm thinking of you and sending good thoughts your way.
ReplyDeleteYou have so much going on but it seems like you have a close eye on it all. Hoping you can hang in there for a little longer. One week at a time. Keeping you and your precious baby in my thoughts.
ReplyDeleteJamie, I am so sorry for all of this. I can only imagine how difficult this must all be. Thinking of you and praying for you and your sweet boy.
ReplyDeleteHello, It is Lisa from Jasper, Forever our first born. I wanted to let
ReplyDeleteyou know that I wrote your angels name and took some pictures and wanted
to give them to you. I am doing this for all the angels on the blogs that
I follow. Here is the link. I hope you like them.
http://waterfallangels.blogspot.com/2010/02/vincent.html
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you get to keep that little one baking for as long as you can.