Pregnant with #1 ~ May Babies 2013!

[misspriss]

Well I am sitting in the hospital. My blood pressure shot up over the weekend. I had to switch to an OB and a hospital delivery. I went from a faint trace of protein in my urine Wednesday to +3 today, so they put me in the hospital for monitoring and my 24 hour urine catch.

My mom had pre-eclampsia and had to deliver my little sister at 34 weeks....

 

[nevernormal]

Oh wow misspriss! Sounds scary but I'm glad they caught it and you're being monitored. I'm sure you're bummed to miss out on your home birth but a healthy baby & mama is the ultimate goal, right?

 

[misspriss]

Yes. I monitored it myself though or we'd never know. They don't call high blood pressure "the silent killer" for nothing. I feel fine....

 

[pixie23]

No, the itching is all over my body, including my hands and feet - I think it's most uncomfortable between my fingers. When I itch it's more like a bug bite type of itchiness except that it's covering a larger section than a bug bite would.

 

[pixie23]

Oh no misspriss! Hang in there and keep us updated.

 

[Curlyq111]

Good luck Misspriss!
Sadly, I failed my 3 hours glucose test too. Ugh! So Iluv, I'm there with you I guess. I meet with the specialist this week to start doing my daily testing, I've been trying to fix the diet part of it in the meantime. I really don't want to get induced because of baby being too big, so I'm gonna do what I have to do.

Anyone else planning on using no meds during labor? We hired a doula, and I'm going to really try to make it, laboring at home as long as I can (only live 3 miles from the hospital). But, my one "out" is if the labor is insanely long, my sister's first labor was almost 40 hours, and my Mom's was 36. Lol, so maybe in that case I'd do it, but I'm going to try not to!

 

[Sass827]

Oh man! It's like we're getting hit from all angles.
I'm sorry to hear about your bp miss priss. So good you caught it. What's next?
The itching sounds terrible pixie! Do they have any ideas as to wht it could be?
Sorry to hear about the gd curly. At least you won't be having a massive diabetes baby now. That would be terrible without drugs.
I'm definitley going for the drugs, but hoping to stay home until I'm in active labor so I can arrive and be a four or five, then get the epidural. Guess we'll see if that's realistic.

 

[misspriss]

Well I am waiting on the doctor this morning, no idea right now. Baby is on the monitor right now, just hanging out. Urine check won't be over until after 5pm, then have to wait for results.

 

[Sass827]

I hope it all works out well for you! Keep us posted!

 

[misspriss]

I will!

 

[NatalieBelle]

I plan on having a natural calm no med birth. I've also been studying up on hypnobirthing. The Mongan Method book is like a history lesson and teaching you how to become one with yourself and such. Its really quite interesting, I took my highlighter last night marking all of the key the key things I want to remember.

 

[misspriss]

Well the doctor came by, my BP numbers are still really high so I am not going home. They are giving me steroids to prepare in case we have to deliver soon. I am really stressed out and worried. DH is at school for 2 more hours. I can't wait until he gets here.

 

[nevernormal]

I'm also hoping for a drug free birth. Ideally I'll go into labor on my own and labor at home as long as possible, but we all know you can't really plan pregnancy/birth!

 

[Jdub1698]

oh no misspriss! Do they think you'll have to stay there till you deliver? Surely they can't be planning it that quickly? You're not that far yet! Maybe they can get it down and hold off another couple of weeks?

 

[misspriss]

They haven't given me anything to lower my BP though, like medicine. I am going to ask the doctor about that today. I think they are waiting on my urine test though, if it is over 300mg I have pre ecampsia but they may try to treat. If it is over 500mg it is severe pre ecampsia and they may plan to deliver. Also they are checking my liver function in the AM tomorrow, liver function problems would also point them to delivery, where a clean liver function test would probably lead to waiting.

It just all depends on how my tests come out.

 

[nevernormal]

I hope the tests are good and you can wait a bit! Obviously being bed bound and in the hospital, but I'm sure it's better for your little one to stay inside longer -- IF it can be done safely!

 

[Curlyq111]

Thinking of you misspriss, either way, those babies will be fine, they're cooked enough!!

 

[misspriss]

Got my ultrasound. Baby body measures 33w2d (dead on) but head measures 35w, she said I could be further along and baby is just short (I am 5'0")...which would be great. We were unsure when I ovulated so we went off dating scan at 6w3d, but it was abdominal not vaginal, and it was really hard to get a good measuring shot. We were DTD a lot, so we could very well have conceived earlier.

I am glad they said might be further if not right on schedule, if they had measured me less I would worry.

 

[Jdub1698]

Good news on the measurements, fingers crossed for everything.

 

[IluvRedskins]

Sending up lots of prayers misspriss!