Pre-eclampsia, did you get it again?

[mari881]

I'll post details and a pic later! Just had my follow up and bp was 158/100. They are starting me on meds. 100mg Labetalol 2x per day. Anyone been on this one?

 

[Betheney]

Yeah i was on 400mg of labetalol four times a day when i preeclamptic.

It always made me really jittery for a few days when i started or when they upped my doses, but any side effects were never long lasting. The BP meds tend to make babies on the quieter side, but seeing as you're no longer pregnant that's not really a concern. Lol

Tasha - i indeed had baseline bloods ran at 12 weekd as well as blood during 2nd tri then at 32 weeks and now again at 35 weeks.

 

[Amythyst]

I've been on 100mg of Labetalol twice a day since about ohhh day 1 of my pregnancy. I had high blood pressure before getting pregnant. I've been able it seems to control my BP with 1 nightly baby aspirin and my diet I guess but my high risk doctor tells me that 100mg twice a day of the BP medicine is like a trivial dosage. He seems to believe I'll need to be upped soon. But so far, bp's are good. Last week it was 118/78 and I'll have it checked again tomorrow.

I've never been pregnant before, so I'm really nervous about this preeclampsia stuff. It also scares me that I could get it weeks after giving birth or during etc... so, I'm really paying attention to my body and if I happen to get any symptoms.

 

[Betheney]

Blaaaaaaah went in for a check up and my diastolic was 100. So I'm starting on 100mg of labetalol twice a day. Bummer my last lot of labetalol tablets are 200mg each otherwise i wouldn't of had to buy a new batch.

Last time they spent like 3-4 hrs hoping for a low reading then gave me labetalol and kept me in for 48hrs to make sure it worked correctly (not too low/high of a dose)

This time they took just 2 readings about 10mins apart just wrote the script and sent me on my way. I'm not complaining! I would of hated to of been admitted. Just very surprised. i guess last time i was 29 weeks and this time I'm 36 weeks. Lol

I guess it doesn't really matter now I'm so far along. If i get PE symptoms they're just going to induce me which they're looking at doing in the next few weeks anyway because I'm carrying such a big baby. It's not going to be anywhere near the worry it was last time

 

[rbourre]

Blaaaaaaah went in for a check up and my diastolic was 100. So I'm starting on 100mg of labetalol twice a day. Bummer my last lot of labetalol tablets are 200mg each otherwise i wouldn't of had to buy a new batch.

Last time they spent like 3-4 hrs hoping for a low reading then gave me labetalol and kept me in for 48hrs to make sure it worked correctly (not too low/high of a dose)

This time they took just 2 readings about 10mins apart just wrote the script and sent me on my way. I'm not complaining! I would of hated to of been admitted. Just very surprised. i guess last time i was 29 weeks and this time I'm 36 weeks. Lol

I guess it doesn't really matter now I'm so far along. If i get PE symptoms they're just going to induce me which they're looking at doing in the next few weeks anyway because I'm carrying such a big baby. It's not going to be anywhere near the worry it was last time

Can't you just break the tabs in half? When I was on Labetalol 100mg twice a day, I just broke the tabs in half because my pharmacy didn't have the 100mg tabs.

Glad to see everything is going fairly well for everyone. My little guy is 15-16 pounds and over 25" tall now, he will be 4 months soon. My daughter (that I had pre-eclampsia with and was iugr) was only 17 pounds and 27" when she turned 1. At almost 2½, she's about 24 pounds and 35" tall. He's going to outgrow her quickly.

 

[Betheney]

Rbourne he is just tooooooo precious!!!!! Is he sleeping okay. How are you finding juggling 2? I was okay with 2 it was just the toddler that was the handful

My termie was such a dinky little thing my prem over took her weights quite early. Lol. He was a much better feeder.

The tablets are tiny round orange ones... I'd need a proper pill cutter and would be worried about cutting them unevenly as there's no half line guidance. I bought the 100mg anyway they were only $6.

On the down side i am starting to suffer from wicked headaches. They come and go and have been hanging around for a few days. yesterday when i woke up it had gone so i forgot to tell them at my appt. But then later in the day it came back. 2×paracetamol didn't really do anything so 1.5hrs later i took another 2 and that worked or at least reduced the headache to a very low dull and manageable pain. Told hubby if it hangs around for another few days I'll head into hospital. Bloods and Urine were done only a week ago and were perfectly fine.

♡♡

 

[ttc126]

Betheny, do be careful! Sounds like things may be going toward pre e for you! I hope not, but also hope you won't have to wait too much longer to meet your little one.

Also, my late preemie did way better on weight than my termie is currently doing... He has just barely made it back to birth weight as of yesterday! We're going for lots of weight checks...

 

[Betheney]

Thanks for your concern chick. i haven't had the headache today it might come back sporadically but incredibly low pain amount, i almost don't notice And then i have nothing for a few hours. I'll definitely head in if they get quite bad. I had headaches permanently last time with PE and vision disturbances twice but my bloods always looked great so they never seemed to want to act on them. My at home monitor mustn't be as accurate as the manual hospital ones. The last week every reading is a diastolic of 86-88 where as before it was say 75-88 so theres a real noticeable increase in my averages and relaxing and morning readings which are usually low. But at the doctors it was 95 and 100! so i figured mine must be out by 10ish. *sigh* i dunno. But doctor was still happy to not see me for a week after starting the labetalol. I'm not going to play around though. Anything concerns me and I'll be in there

Are you breastfeeding TTC126?

 

[rbourre]

Rbourne he is just tooooooo precious!!!!! Is he sleeping okay. How are you finding juggling 2? I was okay with 2 it was just the toddler that was the handful

My termie was such a dinky little thing my prem over took her weights quite early. Lol. He was a much better feeder.

The tablets are tiny round orange ones... I'd need a proper pill cutter and would be worried about cutting them unevenly as there's no half line guidance. I bought the 100mg anyway they were only $6.

On the down side i am starting to suffer from wicked headaches. They come and go and have been hanging around for a few days. yesterday when i woke up it had gone so i forgot to tell them at my appt. But then later in the day it came back. 2×paracetamol didn't really do anything so 1.5hrs later i took another 2 and that worked or at least reduced the headache to a very low dull and manageable pain. Told hubby if it hangs around for another few days I'll head into hospital. Bloods and Urine were done only a week ago and were perfectly fine.

♡♡

Thanks. 2 has been a handful, but we are starting to manage. He was a very grumpy baby for a while but he's calmed down now and loves to laugh at everything. My 2 year old knows that while I'm feeding him, I can't be chasing after her and uses that time to get into things.

The labetalol I took was a long one shaped more like an oval. It had a half way mark and broke easily. The hospital gave me the orange tablets but those are the ones that I got when I filled my prescription.

 

[hopingwaiting]

Is just don't understand. Last week I was so swollen all over I could barely walk on my feet and my Bp was 117/74. Now this week my resting Bp is 130/80. Yesterday I wasn't feeling well so I checked it. It was 159/92 but I had mild swelling and no other preeclampsia symptoms. So if I'm not at work in on bed rest. I got a monitor at home now and its ranging from 130/80 to 145/85 but no other signs

 

[Betheney]

Is just don't understand. Last week I was so swollen all over I could barely walk on my feet and my Bp was 117/74. Now this week my resting Bp is 130/80. Yesterday I wasn't feeling well so I checked it. It was 159/92 but I had mild swelling and no other preeclampsia symptoms. So if I'm not at work in on bed rest. I got a monitor at home now and its ranging from 130/80 to 145/85 but no other signs

Some medical professionald refuse to use swelling as a symptom anymore, i know mine don't. Because it's just as prevalent in non-preeclamptic women than it is with preeclamptic women.

That's NOT to say you aren't preeclamptic or anything. But maybe your swelling is unrelated to your BP problems. Some of your readings arw pretty high though. How often are you being checked again? What readings does your doctor want you to call them and go in over?

Also for a good while i had no symptoms, just BP and protein. There was no visible indication i was incredibly unwell, that came much later. You don't necessarily need to have some kind of visible symtpom

 

[hopingwaiting]

Tuesday is the 1st time it was high at the drs so I go every week now instead of 2 weeks. Last week he said if I swell bad again go to the ER but when I went in for my second steroid shot I asked my nurse what Bp should I be concerned with. If the top number was past 140 or bottom number over 85. My Drs office was closed so I called labor n delivery. They said to relax since I wasn't having any neurology issues. After research I think its just hypertension but they say it will most like turn into preeclampsia

 

[Betheney]

My BP had hit 135-140/90 quite a few times and they aren't too concerned they just want to watch it. But now my diastolic has been hitting 95 and 100 they've medicated me.

Yeah. My hypertension turned into PE. There's still a chance yours won't change! So we can cross our fingers! The fact yours still drops is good news. Everyone is different but sometimes women have occasional high readings then constant high readings then PE. But that's not everyone. Lol

I think 140/90 is the borderline reading for hypertension. Where it crosses from pre-hypertension to hypertension. As far as most of the hypertension and PE graphs and tables show. But ususually (not always) docs are more concerned with the diastolic, mostly because the systolic can be manipulated a little easier by relaxing.

My doc just said to call if my diastolic went above 90

 

[Betheney]

Ok girls.

Had a check up yesterday and because they've put me back on BP meds and such they've decided to induce Next week at 38+2 :-D gave me a big stretch and sweep yesterday which has resulted in lots and lots of plug clumps coming out today but still no real contractions or anything.

 

[Tasha]

Good luck Betheney

 

[Torres]

Hi ladies. I am the OP and just thought I would update.
My second pregnancy was a complete success. No pre-e and no HELLP.
The hospital kept me for 2 nights (norm is 1 night for vag delivery here) just to make sure I didn't develop any postpartum issues as that is when all hell broke loose with me with my first pregnancy.
I was so elated that everything went so well that I broke down in tears when they said I was discharged.

I am now 32 weeks pregnant with my 3rd. I am again being monitored closely and am on aspirin therapy. Everything is great so far. I'm really hoping for another experience like my last pregnancy.
I'll keep everyone posted.

Good luck to everyone. Pre-e and HELLP are incredibly scary to have and to go through, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Stay educated and take control of your own health care. Get an OB that is proactive rather than reactive and maintain a trusting relationship with them. Don't be afraid to ask questions or to voice your opinion.

 

[sethsmummy]

good luck bethany!

hey torres, congratulations on your pregnancy and on a clear pregnancy last time!

hope all you other ladies are doing well, sorry ive been mia for so long xx

 

[misspriss]

Just wanted to update, my BP is creeping up although so far no protein in my urine. This is right about the same time I got Pre-e with DS, so...

 

[zebbed89]

Misspriss fingers crossed for you! I hope they can keep it under control!

So far all is good with my BP and no protien, just a very small baby at the moment! Xx

 

[sethsmummy]

Good luck misspriss. I hope it stabilizes or stops going up. Not long to go!

Zebbed good luck to you too Hun xx