Pre-eclampsia, did you get it again?

[Dinah93]

Congratulations Sethsmummy! Hope this is a smooth ride.

Just saw my consultant this morning and he's pleased my bp seems to be quite well controlled now (albeit on fairly hefty doses of methyldopa and labetalol), and yesterdays growth scan was all normal, so he'll see me for another scan and check up in 2 weeks, when I'll be 28+1 - one day more pregnant than I ever was with my daughter. So, so thrilled that things are still going well, I really want to get past 30 weeks this time, but obviously anything past that is even better.

 

[sethsmummy]

thats fantastic news hun! I realy hope you make it to at least 35 weeks hun that would be amazing xx

 

[RcdM]

We can do it Hun! I know fine well I'm going to have issues this time round again. No doubt ill be stuck with needles two to three times a week at the end lol

Do you know what you are having yet Hun? Xx

Yes! Found out last week it's a boy! This will be our last so I'm very excited we'll have one of each.

 

[sethsmummy]

We can do it Hun! I know fine well I'm going to have issues this time round again. No doubt ill be stuck with needles two to three times a week at the end lol

Do you know what you are having yet Hun? Xx

Yes! Found out last week it's a boy! This will be our last so I'm very excited we'll have one of each.

aww yey thats fantastic news hun Im hoping for a girl this time round to finish off our family xx

 

[RcdM]

Hi ladies! It's been a while so I just wanted to pop in and see how everyone is doing. I'll be 24 weeks on Friday which I'm super happy about!

Dinah posted in another thread that she had her little boy on Friday! I believe she was 29 weeks exactly. He's 2lbs 3 oz and sounds like he's doing well so far! Let's keep him in our prayers!

 

[sethsmummy]

I've just gone an found the post.. she did really well to get another week further on than her last!

how are you getting on hun? I have my first midwife appointment on thursday. had my bp checked at hospital last week when i went in for an emergency appointment/scan and they said it was fine. no doubt its still sat at the high end of fine but we shall see what the midwife says.

 

[Dinah93]

Hi guys, just posting to say yes, I had my little boy at 29+1 this time and wow those 8 days seem to have made a big difference. My son is doing so, so much better than my daughter did.

At 29+1 I went in for a growth scan that showed absent end diastolic flow with significant periods of reverse end diastolic flow. So I was taken for an immediate c-section (great fun when your husband works 1hour 15 mins away and you're freaking out not only about having another preemie but that he's going to miss the birth). Benjamin Alan was born at 2.20pm, weighing 2lb 3oz. He's done brilliantly since being born, he was only on the vent for about 36 hours, then cpap for another 3 days, he's been on room air ever since. He's tolerating feeds, his brain scan yesterday showed no signs of bleeds. He was moved out of intensive care to high dependency yesterday. He's being an absolute star and we're so in love with him. Pictures are a few minutes after being born, first cuddles at 4 days old, and having a stretch at 7 days old.

The really weird thing to me is that I had no signs of pre-e or HELLP this time, just all these issues with the cord that meant I still had an early baby. I took every supplement, did acupuncture, read every study which may have found something to help etc to try to prevent pre-e, and maybe it worked, but my body clearly can't get a baby much further.

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[sethsmummy]

Oh my freaking Lord hun how gorgeous is he!!! Well done for going that extra week hun! You did awesome! Fab news that he is doing so well.. you must be so proud! Has dd been able to meet him yet or is she.not allowed in nicu? Xx

 

[Dinah93]

Thank you! DD has been up 3 or 4 times now, she's a little hesitant around him to be honest, he's not a baby as she expects a baby to be, but she chats to him and she's quite keen on her 'Benji-bean' as she calls him

 

[sethsmummy]

Aww that's so sweet xx

 

[RcdM]

Aww those pictures are so adorable! Congratulations again! So glad he's doing so well, that one week seems to have helped so much. You did everything you possibly could do to try to get him to cook as long as he did and I think you did a great job. I pray he continues to do amazing and gets to go home a lot sooner than expected.

Sethsmummy, I'm doing well! No signs of bp issues at all, I take my own bp almost every night if I don't forget. I still take my daily low dose aspirin along with my prenatal. I remember my ankles starting to get super swollen very easily around this time, maybe a little further, and so far everything has been normal. We just went on vacation to the beach with my 2 year old, her first time at the ocean and she loved it! I did a TON of walking around and thought it would wear me down but I ended up being totally fine! This little boy is moving around like CRAZY, doing flips and turning my stomach upsidedown! I don't remember my DD moving this much, ever. So many things different with this pregnancy so I'm hoping that means good things for pre-e as well!

Glad your routine check went well, high end of fine is still fine to me!! You're almost into the second tri!

 

[sethsmummy]

I'm glad your doing well today hun. Iv got to start on aspirin on Friday.. they gave me disolvable but i went and bought some solid ones.. no way im going to be able to keep disolvable ones down this time. Thats fab that things aren;t starting to swell yet hun!
Awww sounds like you all had a ball on holiday! i miss the beach and ocean.
thats a fantastic sign hun my preg is very different do ds1 & ds2.

eekk i know its going so fast. i get my dating scan on the 8th i met my consultant the other day, ill be getting extra scans and extra appointments again like with ds2

xx

 

[ttc126]

Do you ladies mind if i join this thread? I was induced at 36 weeks with my son. I developed severe preeclampsia and was having all the worst symptoms like eyesight blurring, crashing headache, severe severe vomiting. My nurses told me i was near having a seizure. He is 10 months old and I'm 9 weeks pregnant now with #2.

My new ob has started me on low dose aspirin everyday. Is it alright to start this early? How long do you continue taking it?

Hope you guys have great healthy outcomes this time

 

[sethsmummy]

Do you ladies mind if i join this thread? I was induced at 36 weeks with my son. I developed severe preeclampsia and was having all the worst symptoms like eyesight blurring, crashing headache, severe severe vomiting. My nurses told me i was near having a seizure. He is 10 months old and I'm 9 weeks pregnant now with #2.

My new ob has started me on low dose aspirin everyday. Is it alright to start this early? How long do you continue taking it?

Hope you guys have great healthy outcomes this time

Hey hun with ds2 I started taking it at 16 weeks, this time.I've to star at 12 weeks. I think.it just depends on when your bpd started climbing or how your ob likes to do things. I've to take it till 36 weeks this time round

 

[ttc126]

Thank you!!! I was so terrified because everything came on so suddenly last time! Really hoping to avoid it. The ob thinks that because it was so severe last time and because i got pregnant again quickly i may be at a slightly higher chance for getting it again. I'm hoping not!

So one thing i noticed last time is my gums would bleed really horribly from about 10 weeks. Everything and nothing would trigger it. One day shortly before i delivered i was sitting there and just felt them start bleeding. I have excellent oral health so was shocked. Well one of my nurses told me she had preeclampsia come on suddenly when she was pg. Apparently her gums bled horribly too! She said her Dr said sometimes it's an indicator of pre-e. Did any of you experience that? I'm just curious as I've never heard it anywhere else...
Thank you for letting me join in! I know you all understand how scary it is to be pregnant after such a stressful complication. Hoping everyone has a good outcome

 

[RcdM]

Welcome!

I didn't have any bleeding gums other than what I would say is normal for pregnancy. But I read an article the other day about gum health, gingivitis, and that there is not actual proof or specific evidence, but that poor oral health may be linked to some cases of pre-e, so it doesn't exactly surprise me!

I didn't have vomiting, but I was very puffy, ankles and feet were SO swollen for the previous few weeks. Then I woke up one day and had very blurry vision, I was 30 weeks. I had had higher bp and protein the week or two before and since it was so early they were just checking me weekly to determine if it really meant anything... well apparently it did because I went into triage and had my dd by emcs a day and a half later.

With this pregnancy, my doctor told me to start taking the aspirin while I was in the first tri, but I didn't actually start taking it until 13 weeks. Not sure if it makes a difference or not, but I wanted to avoid medications in the first tri for personal reasons. Now I take it daily and everything has been fine so far. I'm 25 weeks and no signs of swelling, bp has been totally fine so far.

Hopefully everything goes well for you! If you read through this whole thread (which is very long, lol) a lot of women went on to have normal full term pregnancies. There are still several of us who had it come back, but I think this time being so much more educated about it and doing what we can to prevent it and monitoring things much more closely this time can only help. Good luck!

Sethsmummy, thanks, our trip to the beach was great! It's so cute my dd now will see a commercial with someone surfing or something and she'll point and say "ocean!!" I want to take her back soon but unfortunately that probably won't happen until next year.

That's great you'll be getting extra scans and appointments. My dr told me they won't do any extra appointments for now unless bp starts rising or any cause for concern. Which I suppose is fine, I can track my bp at home, the only thing I can't do is check for protein obviously. But I have my next appointment next Tuesday, which is my Glucose test, so... not really looking forward to that one! Lol!

 

[RcdM]

Last night I noticed a little swelling in my ankles. The swelling started happening with dd1 around this time so it freaks me out a little. It really wasn't that bad but enough for me to notice! I put my feet up and it's been fine, I'm really hoping it doesn't mean anything other than it's hot outside and I'm tired by the end of the day. Took my bp and it was fine. With dd1 my ankles and feet and calves were sooo swollen and they'd swell up within 10 minutes of being on my feet. I really hope that doesn't happen again!

 

[ttc126]

Oh no RcdM!!! Sending positive thoughts your way! I really hope it's only the heat. I'm sure that's all it is since your bp is low still Hope you don't stress too much Hon!!!

 

[sethsmummy]

Last night I noticed a little swelling in my ankles. The swelling started happening with dd1 around this time so it freaks me out a little. It really wasn't that bad but enough for me to notice! I put my feet up and it's been fine, I'm really hoping it doesn't mean anything other than it's hot outside and I'm tired by the end of the day. Took my bp and it was fine. With dd1 my ankles and feet and calves were sooo swollen and they'd swell up within 10 minutes of being on my feet. I really hope that doesn't happen again!

It's good it went down quick hun. Sounds like it's just the normal pregnancy swell for now. I hope it stays that way too. Drink plenty water and elevate as much as possible hun

Oo hun you can check for protein. Go on Amazon or ebay and buy 10 parameter urine test strips! I got them with Ethan and need to order some again this time round. I'm surprised they're not doing extra appointments with you :s but then again I think I only get them because a) I'm a larger woman b) Seth was very small for gestation so they want to make sure the baby if growing ok. I have my first proper scan on Tuesday and will get my proper due date... I can't wait. Just hope everything is ok

Ttc I've never had bleeding gums. But then again they caught me as soon as I started with pre-e with Seth and I didn't get to pre-e classification with Ethan.... just steadily rising gp.

 

[Misstrouble19]

I had pre-eclampsia at about 31 weeks well the signs of it anyway then got admitted to hospital at 36+6 and was induced at 38 weeks and had my son in my arms at 38+3