Pre-eclampsia, did you get it again?

[Betheney]

Sethsmummy, how was the scan??? I'm sorry about your diabetes You poor thing Hope the next few weeks pass quickly!

Betheny, I'm glad you got them to print your results! It's always better to have everything in black and white writing... Hope you have a good appointment

So doing this 24hr pee, i notice my pee is orange colored even though I have been drinking a lot. Do you ladies have that issue?

I remember when i did the urine collections when i had PE in hospital my pee was crazy orange. I actualyl asked the Obs a few times if it means.anything and each time they said No. I wasn't drinking a lot of water tho. Now during this pregnancy i have no idea what colour my pee is, my toilet bowl is.purple so it's impossible to tell the shade.

 

[mari881]

How is everyone?

I got sent for monitoring again today at my regular ob appointment. They ran the preeclampsia blood tests and they were fine but I'm now doing a 24 hour urine. I've been vomiting, getting very nauseous, and horrendous heartburn. So just keeping an eye...

Wanting to hear updates from you all!

Hope you are feeling better! How high have your BPs been? I always notice that my pee is yellow or orange if i'm dehydrated. especially if its first thing in the morning. I've been drinking a ton of water consistently for the past few weeks and I notice that it is much much lighter. It's hard to know if its normal for us or not as I'm sure we don't usually spend time examining our urine :/

 

[Anniebobs]

Just wanted to pop in and let you all know I had my baby boy My waters went at 36+3 after they'd been trickling the whole day before. My contractions weren't strong or regular but as my blood sugars, BP and urates went high it was decided that the safest option was to induce, I had him yesterday morning and he weighs 5lb15. He's absolutely perfect but has been in and out of scbu due to my GD, strep B and because the waters had gone more than 24 hours. My BP is still unstable but I've had some good readings since giving birth. I doubt I'll need any medication this time to get it back to normal. I'm so happy right now!

 

[sethsmummy]

Just wanted to pop in and let you all know I had my baby boy My waters went at 36+3 after they'd been trickling the whole day before. My contractions weren't strong or regular but as my blood sugars, BP and urates went high it was decided that the safest option was to induce, I had him yesterday morning and he weighs 5lb15. He's absolutely perfect but has been in and out of scbu due to my GD, strep B and because the waters had gone more than 24 hours. My BP is still unstable but I've had some good readings since giving birth. I doubt I'll need any medication this time to get it back to normal. I'm so happy right now!

Wooo congratulations Hun!!! xxx

 

[Betheney]

OMG congratulations Anniebobs!!!! I've been waiting not so patiently for someone else from our group to pop out a baby. What's his name? No birth story yet?

I just had my check up at 23.5 weeks BP is 125/90 so systolic is great but diastolic has started to rise. Fingers crossed it doesn't get much worse. Showing only trace protein in urine although that's all i showed the morning of the day i did a 24hr test and was diagnosed with PE. Doctor is unconcerned tho. Doesn't want to see me for 5 weeks! But wants me to have a BP check with my GP in the middle of that. Which is fine by me because i feel so comfortable with him.

 

[ttc126]

Congrats Annie!!!!!!

Mari, i agree, we don't notice our pee till it's monitored!

Betheny! Such a long time between appointments! I hope everything continues to go ok for you!

Hi Sethsmummy! Hope your ok!

I've had a lot of drama this week. Short version is l am having unrelated issues and have been sent to a perinatologist. It's crazy but my dr called last night and had already arranged them to see me today. I have weekly monitoring with them along with my other appointments. So crazy!

 

[sethsmummy]

eeek bethany i hope it stops creaping up or that they can help bring it back down! thats a long time to go between visits but im glad your seeing the gp between then! have you a home machine to test your BP between those visits?

oh man ttc! busy busy busy i hope your ok though

Seems like were all never away from appointments Iv been to the hospital weekly for the last 5 weeks and back again next week. They upped my metformin on Tuesday so back in next week to see if its working or if i need insulin. dh is getting sick of hospital visits haha. BUT we pick up our pram after next weeks appointment
My bp is behaving this time round too 134/63 on tuesday Im hoping its going to stay that way and not start creeping up like it did with Ethan. xx

 

[Betheney]

TTC - looks like everything is very very busy for you! I hope all is well though, what is a perinatologist for?

sethsmummy - I hope your metaformin works! It seems despite you two ladies being PE free so far you still haven't managed to skip having a complicated pregnancy entirely :-/

Do you think they should be more concerned about my 90 diastolic? The mums on my prem group FB page are pretty freaked out the doctor doesn't want me tested for another 2.5 weeks. I know my ob has no probs with me asking my GP for BP tests between visits with her so I could see him before then if I wanted. I don't have a BP machine, my in-laws visit in 2 days and I'm nagging hubby to ask them if I can borrow it until I deliver but he's dragging his feet and doesn't want to ask, if they say no I might have to buy my own but I'm only going to be able to buy a cheap dodgy one which wont be as accurate...

 

[ginny83]

I think it's worth a follow up Betheney, but I wouldn't be super worried at this point. Are you able to visit a GP within the next couple of days/week - at least that way you might feel better seeing the number go down? Not point letting yourself worry about something that's so easily checked - you'll have high BP from that even!

I bought a not cheap BP machine to use at home and it's pretty useless - which is super annoying. I record higher readings at home compared to the hospital! At my appointment the other day I was 110/60 when the OB did it manually, yet I never get anywhere near that low at home. I'm usually sitting on 130/80s now!

 

[sethsmummy]

I would be concerned hun thats why i asked if you had one at home. When mine got that high i was getting 2/3 weekly visits at home from the midwives to check on it and blood tests to make sure my liver was functioning ok while it was that high xx

 

[Betheney]

See it took for my diastolic to get 100 for any that to happen last time but then again it went from 80 to 100

I wasn't concerned because my ob wasn't concerned but I'm starting to feel more and more concerned now. Eva has dancing 2mins from my GP (25mins from our house) every Tues so it's quite easy for me to pop into the GP after dancing, I could definitely pop in every Tuesday... I think I'll start taking it upon myself to drop into the chemist whenever I'm at the shops and if that hasn't happened by Tues I'll drop into the GP.

Ginny what BP monitor did you buy? So I know not to get it. Lol

 

[sethsmummy]

i think that would be a very good idea hun.

you can get monitors that can go on your wrist hun thats what iv been looking at as id be worried about getting the cuff in the right place on my arm xx

 

[mari881]

Betheny, 5 weeks does seem like a long time with only one check in between. The doctors see me every two weeks for a bp check but I have my sister in law do it for me a couple of times a week in between. I like having an idea of how my bp is throughout the week so that way I don't freak out if i have an off reading. And that way I can know if its really staying high or not.

ttc- i'm sorry you have other issues to deal with now!

 

[ginny83]

Omron deluxe - even the ob said it was a good brand? Maybe I got a dud? I know I'm using it properly because I got the Dr to watch me do it once ages ago... Going to bring it in to compare the readings to when they do it manually. I personally wouldn't rely on the chemist one - get it done if you happen to be there but id go on Tuesday to the gp and see a manual reading. Then if its back to normal you can go fortnightly like the ob suggested if you want.

 

[Betheney]

My GP uses an Omron one Lol not a manual one. But he uses one of the top notch Omron ones. My Chemist also uses an Omron one and the fancy one i want off my in-laws is an expensive Omron one. How much did you spend? So is manual suppose to be most accurate?

 

[ginny83]

I've always been told manual is more accurate. My old gp also used an electric one and if she wasn't happy with the reading would double check by doing it manually. I think I paid 120 on sale last year. It might be accurate just weird to think its higher at home!

 

[ttc126]

Sethsmummy, I hope they get your dose worked out and you won't need insulin. I'm sorry, that must be really stressful! lol about your dh comment

Betheny, I'm sorry you're worrying. That bp does seem high I think your plan is good but if you don't feel good about things, maybe you could call and ask for blood tests and 24hr urine? It's also not good you had trace protein after what happened last time... I'm sorry you must be so stressed. Try not to worry and just be on the lookout for headaches or anything off

The perinatalogist is basically just the US name for an MFM. I have a blood disorder that makes me anemic in pregnancy and with my first i needed blood transfusions during and after pregnancy. One of the transfusions caused me to develop an antibody which can be dangerous in pregnancy (anti-kell if anyone was curious). It can cross the placenta and kill off baby's blood cells making them extremely anemic and could be fatal. So i see them to monitor my little guy as my antibodies went up (shouldn't normally go up unless baby was being affected).

They did also check out my uterine arteries and Are waiting to get some blood tests back to see about preeclampsia risk. If the tests are negative the dr said 35% chance but if positive 75%. Very interesting. So they'll also monitor for growth and fluid etc so I can stop being paranoid (as much).

As you ladies all know, there's no such thing as a stress free pregnancy after preeclampsia.

 

[sethsmummy]

thanks ttc. my numbers have been up but the last one was just within range. haha the poor mans just fed up of being stuck with the boys in the waiting room as they kick off at not being allowed certain toys.

wow you really have a lot going on hun! I hope everything comes out normal and theres no ill effect on your little guy xxx

 

[ttc126]

Thank you! I am thinking everything will be good and monitoring would just be a precaution

 

[Betheney]

Thanks for all the advice and input ladies! My hubby asked his dad if we could borrow the BP machine for a couple of months and he said he'd run it by his wife (hubby's mum). They're visiting for 2 days and the first day just came and went and they didn't mention it or hand it over. I feel a bit uncomfortable about bringing it up, but it seems like they decided not to lend it to us, I wish it was my parents who I would of just said "gimme your BP machine" and given them shit for it if they decided to drag their feet. So I think I'll definitely buy a BP machine now, I just don't want to be hoping to get the chemist to check so often or having to drive to the GP. I still won't allow myself to go longer than 2 weeks without an official reading from the GP or my doctor tho. I think I'll get one on EBay, there's a $112 Omron one that's usually on sale for $100 in chemists but in some ebay stores it's only $70-$80

TTC - so much stress for you!!! Let us know how your blood results and artery measurements go!