It has been quite the week! I started with headaches and nausea/vomiting this time last week, and by Monday was generally feeling pretty yucky with serious cankles and puffy little fingers, weird vision things.... Luckliy I have the best OB in the world (he is also insanely hot and a real sweety) who really listens to his patients. He ordered labs including a 24 hour urine collection (that was fun....). So my blood work showed I was a bit dehydrated but nothing too bad, but I still didn't feel better. Thursday I saw a midwife who thought it was a migraine - and the weird visual things I had were an aura. Fair enough...but really I felt so crappy I was an awful historian and since I didn't really like the midwife that much I wasn't inclined to be talkative.
Today I had to drop of my big jug of pee and see the OB - now this was a totally different experience. The nurse was fab- Allie was her name - and the doctor (Dr. Erin Tracy) was also lovely - and they really listened. So I got to spend a few hours hooked up to a monitor (that was seriously cool) for Poppy's heartbeat and for contractions, with IV fluids running. The fluids and 10 mg of reglan made me feel a whole lot better. So a fab midwife (Autumn) said we could go home - and then right as I was getting ready the 24 hour urine result came back and yep - I have pre-eclampsia (p-e).
So what is the plan from here? I think when we see the lovely Alex (my regular OB) on Tuesday of next week we will be having a serious discussion about inducing me - as he has already told me that given my age, other risk factors (1st child, family hx of p-e) he will have a low threshold for induction. I have a feeling that this time next week we may well be posting the first pictures of Miss Poppy Elizabeth Marie Kennedy.
We are a little tired of Yawkey 4 - we are averaging 3 days a week up there. So far this week it has all been scheduled which is so much better than last week! Monday we had another ultrasound and Poppy is continuing to grow, her little heart is bopping along nicely and seeing her breathe is really quite fab. She is also very wiggly still - and just loves to give me a good kick to remind me that she is still very much there. The scan was perfectly normal.....
Today we saw Alex (McDreamy) - and since my BP was "perfect" he is going to let me go one more week before I get induced. The plan now is: Friday we have a non-stress test, Monday we have another scan and we will also see Alex. Then provided Poppy doesn't have other ideas we will be admitted and induced on Thursday Nov 12th in the evening.
Of course this is all dependant on me being a good patient - and reporting any issues - like BP spikes, more vision problems, really severe headaches etc. If I have any escalation in pre-eclampsia symptoms I have to be induced earlier.....Right now it is just such a relief to have a definitive plan - gives both me and Robert a feeling of control over all of this.
One really cool thing about waiting is that my mum and dad will be here when she is born
