Pre-eclampsia, did you get it again?

[RcdM]

Oh wow sethsmummy that's great to know, I think I may order some!! Thanks for sharing that! I know, I wish they would see me more often for just quick checks especially because I'm getting a lot closer to when I had DD1. I may ask about that. I assume they'll still check my urine/bp/etc at my appointment on Tues even though they're doing the glucose test.

Good luck with your scan! I love seeing lo on the screen around 12 weeks like you are because they finally look like a baby!

 

[sethsmummy]

They will do your BP hun but not sure on urine.. could be dfferent over there to here but all i had checked at my GTT was my BP an temperature.

Those test strips saved me a few times with ds2... since you can tell if you have a water infection too which im prone to during pregnancy (so not looking forward to the first of those :haha)

Thanks hun I cant wait.. were hoping the boys will behave so they can be in the room too! otherwise DH will have to sit in the waiting room with them. xx

 

[sethsmummy]

ooo last day today of no aspirin! Must go buy myself some solid ones! the hospital gave me dis-solvable but i dont think ill manage them with the MS so i need some solid ones! x

 

[ttc126]

Ooh dissolving ones sound so terrible!!! I have bad morning sickness too and they gave me dissolving zofran. It's very mild, but the aspirin has a strong taste!!!!

 

[sethsmummy]

they need to make a nice tasting aspirin lol xx

 

[PeaceLoveBaby]

Hello ladies

 

[RcdM]

Lol sethsmummy who on earth would give a pregnant woman something that has to dissolve in her mouth! I have the regular pills and I just take one along with my prenatal right before I go to bed every night. My bp has been great - actually even on the low side! Last night it was 110/59. It's averaged 114/63 the last week which makes me feel really happy lol. I am going to back and look at my posts from when I had my dd just to see exactly how far along I was when we first started noticing bp going up.

I haven't noticed any more swelling since that other night. I'm going to order those test strips but I doubt I will get them before my next appointment. I may request (err - demand, lol) they do a urine test if they don't tell me to do one right away. I definitely don't want to wait another month for that, I think that would unreasonable anyway seeing as though I'll be 26 weeks tomorrow and the last one was at 22 weeks.

PeaceLoveBaby - Hi!!! How are you doing?

 

[PeaceLoveBaby]

I'm hanging in there. Having some high bp's this morning though. No swelling. Just anxiety I believe. Going to see my OB in about an hour. She is awesome! Last reading was 148/93 Yuck!! Brings back too many memories. I'm only 13 weeks today

 

[Betheney]

My first pregnancy I had no problems although I could of had high BP in the last 3 weeks but wasnt monitored then.

My second pregnancy I had high blood pressure at 29 weeks and was put on a low dose of labetalol. At 32 weeks it turned into preeclampsia and the max dose of labetalol and the max dose of nafedapine couldn't bring my BP down so I was induced at 33+4

Currently pregnant with my third and very stressed about developing it again and delivering another prem baby.

 

[PeaceLoveBaby]

Yes same here. Very worried. I also have a high risk of uterine rupture, due to a weak spot after my twin pregnancy. I'm so scared I won't be allowed to go beyond 35 weeks but I honestly don't know if I'll make it that far. I will try my hardest.

 

[sethsmummy]

awwww ladies just remember every pregnancy has the potential to be different

RcdM - im glad you've had no more swelling hun thats good news at least. Id defenitely demand a urine test.


Peace - I hope your BP stabilizes hun. I cant imagine how scared you must be

Betheney- try not stress too much hun. that could raise your BP if you are stressed a lot

xxx

 

[ann89]

I had a question.

I had pre-e/hellp my first pregnancy.

My 2nd I was fine and had no problems.

I'm pregnancy a 3rd time and I've been having high blood pressure readings. Mostly when they're high its only about 140s/80s but twice it had been in the 150s/90s or 80s. I'm currently 32 weeks and scared it will turn into pre-e. So far my lab work had been fine.

 

[sethsmummy]

hopefully you will be ok huni.. not long left to go and as long as it doesnt raise too much more you will hopefully get to deliver with no problems

just keep an eye out for symptoms

 

[Lambie]

Hi Ladies, hope you don't mind me posting. I've just found out I am pregnant with number 2. Took us a long time to consider another baby but we both feel the time is right. My little girl was born at 31 weeks and was a small 2.5 lbs. I was told after I had a rare form of pre eclampsia, I had the high blood pressure but no protein, swelling or any other symptoms but had a reverse flow so it ended up my daughter was born by emergency section quite suddenly it was all a shock. My little girl is fab but she did end up with cp as a result of a brain bleed she suffered so I am terrified of having another prem baby or of something going wrong. I just long for a normal pregnancy and a healthy chubby baby. I went to see a dr before considering another pregnancy and she reckoned there was a 10 to 15 % chance of having placental issues again but probably not as severe if it did happen but that I had every chance if a normal pregnancy so that was reassuring! I'll also be put on asprin at 8 weeks she said and have lots and lots of scans....
So I'm just 4 weeks now, early days but just praying it goes well, I need to chill and think positive. Just posting here cos I know you ladies understand my fears, thanks x
I got pregnacare tablets and and also taking folic acid, given up caffeine in my tea and given up the diet coke...that was tough. Any other recommendations?

 

[lala222]

Hey thought I'd post as well as i really dont know WHATS going on with me..I have chronic hypertension (diagnosed at 19) and ive been on bp meds since then. Switched to a safe for pregnancy one when pregnant with my son (methyldopa) and it has worked amazingly for me. Never had high bp issues with him (only carried him to 33 weeks - he was premature for a totally different issue) and never had bp issues when i'm not pregnant either. This pregnancy my bp has been a perfect 120/80 the whole time. At 30 weeks I started having this awful pain underneath my right ribcage that feels like a bruised rib or broken rib and it now radiates around to my back. I've been to the hospital twice about it and the first is when it was discovered my bp was elevated after several readings it stayed at about 158/99. After laying me down and giving me a warm blanket and such, it lowered to around 120/82 so they let me leave. They tested my blood and urine and it came back clear. The second time I went in because a week had gone by and my rib pain worsened..and my bp was up again at 145-95 it seemed to stay at. once again the rib pain was dismissed and my bp eventually lowered and I left. I have had no protein in my urine at any doctor's appointments but at my most recent one yesterday my doc said my bp was at 145/95 and to double up on my bp doses. I'm confused , is it normal for bp to go so high and low again? did any of yours do that before it stayed high? and about this ribcage pain..if it isn't related what the HECK is it and why isn't it going away?! I've had it for over 2 weeks now. Did any of you have it before your bloodwork or urine started showing something? I just want to KNOW so that if anything needs to be done it can be!

 

[Betheney]

Rib pain can be associated with PE because of the liver so every time they ran the bloods they would of checked your liver if your complaining of rib pain with high BP. I was in hospital for a while and had tonnes of chest pain, of you touched the right side I was going to vomit in their face. However my readings were still fine at that point. So they told me it must be horrendous heart burn, no tablets would work until I tried some that weren't usually recommended in pregnancy, they worked.

But the fact your BP still can drop is great news. The doctors used to do the same thing with me. Put me in a dark room, turn down the lights in the quiet and mine couldn't come down at all. I think it means yours could be high because of a number of environmental factors like moving around and what not.

But then again I could be wrong. Maybe some women have PE and theirs still can drop. Just in my experience it doesnt.

 

[RcdM]

ann89 - sorry your readings have been high! Have they discussed putting you on any type of blood pressure meds? It's good that you don't have protein, but you can still get pre-e without protein so I hope they are monitoring you closely.

Lambie - I think for me, the second time around so far has been easier, even though it's scary because you know what could happen, you are (or can be) far more educated about what happened last time. Doctors will know to monitor you more closely for any signs of it happening again, so it won't be such a shock and hopefully by keeping a close eye on things, they can catch something early and get you on meds or whatever it may be to help prolong your pregnancy. I had severe pre-e but I had everything, super high bp, +++ protein, blurry vision... yet it all came out of no where and by the time I was seen it was so bad that I had to deliver her by emcs. So I think just being able to be prepared this time has made things easier. So far things have been going well for me, 27 weeks today and this is around the time my bp starting to go up a bit, and that hasn't happened at all yet. Since it's hard to say what causes pre-e it's hard to say what you can do to avoid it. One thing I heard it to have good oral hygiene! Brush, floss, regular dentist appts to avoid gingivitis or other bacteria in your mouth. It can't hurt I suppose! Good luck!

Lala - my bp never went high then low, so unfortunately I don't know! Mine just went high and kept creeping up. Originally my dr said it wasn't anything to be concerned with and they'd just want to see me back again to check it again, but from there it just got higher and higher. Not even the magnesium at the hospital could lower it by much. Can you get a second opinion about the rib pain? I had really bad excruciating sternum pains after I had my dd and they said it was my gallbladder, but then ultrasounds confirmed it was not. So they just said I had GERD and put me on prilosec... it was really weird but I'm sure that doesn't help you much at the moment.

As for me, I just had another appointment on Tuesday and bp is fine and no protein. Yay! I know for sure I started having high bp at 28 weeks with my dd so if I can make it another week with no issues I'm going to be thrilled. My doctor also said since this is around the time I started having issues that I can start coming in every 2 weeks now. And sethsmummy yes even though it was my glucose test they still did a regular OB check which made me happy. Haven't heard back on the glucose test yet, I don't know if they only call if you failed or what. I failed the 1 hr with my dd so I'm kinda thinking I will again but who knows. Either way, I get to go in every 2 weeks, and I get another ultrasound in the next few weeks as well to check growth and placenta. I still take my bp at home although my machine has been acting up. I took my bp and it was be really low, almost too low. Last night it was 99/54! So I retook it a few minutes later, still sitting in the same spot and not moving, and it was much higher 111/71... then just for reassurance I took it a third time a few more minutes later and it was 104/65. Is that weird? I feel like the machine is messed up or something! I don't really know what to do about that. I wish I had a nurse friend who could just take my bp for me everyday lol.

 

[RcdM]

Ahh geez I spoke too soon. I just got a call from my Dr and I failed my glucose... the funny thing is, my numbers were EXACTLY the same as with my dd. The max to pass is 139 and my numbers were 151.

She also said my bloodwork came back showing I'm borderline anemic. She said the normal range is 11 - 16 (I think) and I had a 10.4, so it's not too too bad but wants to start me on some iron supplements in addition to my prenatals.

I'm not too worried really... I think this is all small stuff to deal with in the grand scheme of things. Just not excited about going back to do the 3 hour GTT. Yuck.

 

[Lambie]

Thanks for your reply. I am definitely more educated this time, first pregnancy I was clueless and just went under the radar I think but this time I am happy I will been seen more often, going private too to a doc who specialises in high risk so hopefully in good hands. Only four weeks along so long time to go so not going to stress until I have to....not worth it. Had enough to last me a lifetime. Best of luck with your glucose test. X

 

[ann89]

My Dr. hasn't mentioned any blood pressure meds yet to me. I just moved so I have only seen my new Dr. once so far. Most time when I check it, it's fine. But three times so far this pregnancy it has spiked but went back down. So far all labs have been fine and no protein. I didn't have protein my first pregnancy tho... and had HELLP. But I did have low platelets and high liver enzymes. I did do lab work this past Thursday and I finished a 24hr urine Monday and also had a ultrasound Thursday. I haven't gotten a call back about any thing that looked off, so that's good news. My next OB appointment is Thursday and I have another ultrasound that day (he's doing weekly ultrasound on me.) So he's keeping a close eye. Just scary knowing that having high blood pressure can turn into pre-e or hellp anytime. So I've been keeping a close eye out on symptoms.