Pre-eclampsia, did you get it again?

[bumpsmum]

Hope you can hang in there another few weeks xx

 

[Agiboma]

although i had my LO a wek ago i was discharged on frifday and readmitted on monday for high bp 202/130 i v lobatalol was not working so had to be put on some other meds really scary im home now recovering, never though it would come after i delivered smh. hope all you ladies are doing well.

 

[sethsmummy]

although i had my LO a wek ago i was discharged on frifday and readmitted on monday for high bp 202/130 i v lobatalol was not working so had to be put on some other meds really scary im home now recovering, never though it would come after i delivered smh. hope all you ladies are doing well.

oh no hun i hope your feeling better now? xxx

 

[Agiboma]

im home resting now its still high but not that bad.

 

[sumday3]

Agiboma- sorry you had such a nasty awful complication! congrats on your LO!!!
I recently read a story somewhere about that happening to someone, like 4 days after they had the baby, they seized and stroked, turns out they developed eclampsia following the delivery, spend 7 months doing therapy to regain strenth and relearn activities of daily living.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!!! If that BP starts creeping up you make sure they do something, sounds like they are taking care of you but still!

 

[bumpsmum]

29 weeks today and symptom free. There is however the GD, SPD, Siatica and now piles! oh the joys xx

 

[sumday3]

Well went to doc on Friday for routine ob measuring 3 weeks ahead- did u.s. in office he did it, said he could account 1 week for placenta placement(top of bump) but meausred fluid which was right in the middle and thinks the other 2 weeks is just baby. I also started on methyldopa (aldamet) which he thought would be safe for me as I took in previous pregnancy 6+ years ago for PIH, but they were wrong-at least i think- had severe chest pain excruciatingly painful enough for me to ask oh to call 911 and took ambulance to er. Spent all night there, and all they said was rare reaction to medication, after doing a cxr, some labs, checking pee, and ekg. He never did order an echo- and i'm still having some lingering chest pain, and tenderness to the middle of my chest

So on sunday they started labetalol- which made bp great this morning- however this afternoon it's already starting to climb.

And regular dr won't see in clinic because i'm still c/o of chest pain- so nurse says i have to go through er-who is going to tell me to follow up with my dr.

Sometimes I hate medicine- and i'm a nurse! I did decide after the way that nurse talked to me this morning- that I would always be mindful of what i say to my patients that call in- what a rude bitty!!!

hope everyone had a better weekend than I had!!!

 

[mummyof3babas]

getting monitored for pre e, due to swelling in my hands, fingers, and feet, mild headaches, and protein in urine but how can it be pre e when my bp is normal?

 

[bumpsmum]

mummyof3babies

in both my pregnancies my BP was perfect until the day before both boys were born, it started with swelling, urate levels increased (kidney function blood tests) protein, then headaches but in both cases BP was fine for 3 weeks before it spiked and took 6 weeks on labetalol to settle again.

Each case is very difference it is common to have some of these symptoms in pregnancy and get to term fine. You will be carefully monitored and will try medication first if your BP does rise before thinking of delivering. Good luck

ps. So far I don't have any symptoms of pre-e this far which for me is fantastic if that is of any comfort xx

 

[mummyof3babas]

thankyou sooo much for the advise hun xx

 

[sethsmummy]

sumday sorry your having a bad time hun oh no hun was the nurse nasty when she spoke to you?

mummyof3 - sorry to hear about all your swelling hun. will keep my fingers crossed for you.

bumpsmum - woot on no pre-e hun!

hope your all ok xxx

 

[Agiboma]

@sumday hope you feel better soon for me i am also a RN and i had the opposite response when bp was 202/130 had 200ml iv push of lobetalol did nothing only push of adamet made bp go down, now im on 1200mg lobetalo and 90mg adamet daily.

 

[sumday3]

How ironic! I still can't believe I had a reaction like I did as like I said took with #2! The paranoid know all the bad things nurse in me (small part) wonders if I didn't have a small p.e. or something of that nature, the whole situation was just a scary weird one :s oh well. Hope your pressures are coming back to some normal now! Those are scary high numbers!!!

 

[Agiboma]

These days im in the 150's/90's so its coming down somewhat cant wait to get back to 130's/60's range

 

[bumpsmum]

my goodness agiboma that's high!

30 weeks today woohoo and symptom free apart from pain on my ribs growth scan on wed and baby lying breech with legs in a funny position so thinking his wee head is wedged at my ribs ouch! x

 

[sumday3]

Eeek@agi small improvement or baby steps I suppose!

Bump woot woot to 30 its getting closer isn't it! Enjoy your scan Wednesday!

 

[MizzPodd]

Agiboma omg I'm soooo glad you're okay mama! Keep taking it easy and I pray you bp stabilizes more how's your lil mama doing?

Bumpsmum yay for 30!!! I knew you would be just fine sweetie time is flying by right?!

AFM sorry I've been MIA! So much has happened but I'm happy to say I am past 34 weeks! Omg my doctors are astonished that I made it to this goal!!! 36 is the next one and that is when stitch is removed!!!!!!! So a week and a half until I am off bedrest and until baby is closer to coming. I'm contracting daily with painful contractions so I know once this stitch goes within a week or less baby is coming. I'm funneled all the way to the stitch, waters are sitting on the stitch and baby's head is pressing down on the water sac so yeah.... Lol
I had steroid shots at 33 weeks because of labor scare but I'm still preggos. If I deliver between now and 36 baby will have more lung development the hard part is how we never know if its it or not because of my complicated issues but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel...,

 

[bumpsmum]

well done mizz Podd what a great achievement!

I'm crippled with SPD today baby must be having a wee growth spurt as only really sore now and again but agony today was changing Daniel's nappy on the floor last night and forgot to get up properly and over stretched to much was close to tears. Day in for me today walking to the loo is a struggle lol x

 

[nearlythere38]

Hello ladies,

Im currently 36 weeks with my third. I developed pre-e quite late on with my first baby. Blood pressure crept up, and then got swelling and protein. Was hospitalised for the final week and then induced.

Second baby i escaped it.

So far with this one everythings been good, but i was in hospital yesterday for reduced foetal movement, and they found +1 protein in my urine and my BP was 136/89. The midwife at hospital didnt seem concerned and said they were sending my urine to be analysed. But as Im sure u ladies will understand, its worrying me. I know the BP is just under the 140/90 threshold, but combined with the protein Im scared its starting again! No swelling, have had headaches but been putting them down to tiredness/cold. Seeing midwife Thursday so will see how it is there.

 

[Dinah93]

+1 protein can be a contaminated sample, or a small infection, it doesn't have to mean pre-e. Even if that is the cause then it can be weeks before you ever got to +2, +3 or +4 and were really affected by it, no cause to worry yourself yet x