CrystalMarie
Mommy to Addison <3
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Wednesday March 13th I asked an LPN that I worked with to take my BP as I hadnt been feeling right. I had my regular appt scheduled with my doctor for Friday the 15th but I know high BP is nothing to mess with. Normally I run 100-120/60...her reading was 144/88! I called my doctors office to report it but my doctor was out until Friday so they directed me to one of her associates nurses and she advised me to come in for an appointment that afternoon to be checked.
I went in and saw the associate doctor and my BP was still high for me, 140/70ish or so. He advised me to go on bedrest (which meant no work for me) and to do a 24hr urine catch to check my protein levels for possible pre e. The next evening his nurse called me back and said I could come off of bed rest as my protein was fine but to keep my appointment withmy doctor for Friday.
Friday I went to my appointment expecting to get my return to work slip....nope! My BP was still high and my doctor said my protein levels were iffy. She said to be classified as pre e your protein needs to be over 300 but really normal is considered under 150 and that most people should have less than 50 and my number was 152 so she was confident that I may have been in the early stages of pre e so starting immediately I was to come in twice a week for NST's, I would have a growth U/S at my next appt to check baby's size and that I would redo the 24hr urine in 1 week.
Monday we had our growth U/S at 35+1 and Addision was measuring around 37wks and was estimated to weigh 6lbs 12oz's putting her in the 89th percentile!! The NST went well and my BP was high when sitting but normal when laying.
Today we had our second NST which also went well but after doing the 24hr urine catch again yesterday into today we found out my levels have risen to the 250's. The doctor said once you reach the 300 mark they will induce at 37weeks so next week Wednesday into Thursday I have to do the 24hr urine catch for a third time and if that catch makes 300 which my doctor suspects it will, we will be having an Easter baby!
We go back Monday and Thursday for NST's and I will drop off my urine and have other labs drawn on Thursday as well but my doctor won't be in until Friday so Friday she will call with the results and we will be scheduling the induction for Easter if everything goes as suspected. If I don't reach 300 then I will do weekly 24hr urine tests until 39 weeks and once I hit 39 weeks I will be induced.
And of course I am still on bedrest but I am excited that we might be meeting our little girl in a week and a half!
Anyone else going through anything similar? It is so boring and lonely to be on bedrest
I went in and saw the associate doctor and my BP was still high for me, 140/70ish or so. He advised me to go on bedrest (which meant no work for me) and to do a 24hr urine catch to check my protein levels for possible pre e. The next evening his nurse called me back and said I could come off of bed rest as my protein was fine but to keep my appointment withmy doctor for Friday.
Friday I went to my appointment expecting to get my return to work slip....nope! My BP was still high and my doctor said my protein levels were iffy. She said to be classified as pre e your protein needs to be over 300 but really normal is considered under 150 and that most people should have less than 50 and my number was 152 so she was confident that I may have been in the early stages of pre e so starting immediately I was to come in twice a week for NST's, I would have a growth U/S at my next appt to check baby's size and that I would redo the 24hr urine in 1 week.
Monday we had our growth U/S at 35+1 and Addision was measuring around 37wks and was estimated to weigh 6lbs 12oz's putting her in the 89th percentile!! The NST went well and my BP was high when sitting but normal when laying.
Today we had our second NST which also went well but after doing the 24hr urine catch again yesterday into today we found out my levels have risen to the 250's. The doctor said once you reach the 300 mark they will induce at 37weeks so next week Wednesday into Thursday I have to do the 24hr urine catch for a third time and if that catch makes 300 which my doctor suspects it will, we will be having an Easter baby!
We go back Monday and Thursday for NST's and I will drop off my urine and have other labs drawn on Thursday as well but my doctor won't be in until Friday so Friday she will call with the results and we will be scheduling the induction for Easter if everything goes as suspected. If I don't reach 300 then I will do weekly 24hr urine tests until 39 weeks and once I hit 39 weeks I will be induced.
And of course I am still on bedrest but I am excited that we might be meeting our little girl in a week and a half!
Anyone else going through anything similar? It is so boring and lonely to be on bedrest