Pre-eclampsia

Well, today I dont have a happy update, but still wanted to post an update.

Yesterday I had my 34 week check up. Over the weekend I had some swelling in my feet so I made sure to tell the Dr about it. Well, as it turns out, not only did I have swelling problems, I also have protein in my system and high blood pressure. This is what they call pre-eclampsia and depending on the severe-ness of it, you can be induced early.

I freaked out a little bit. Here we are, 6 weeks from our due date, and all of a sudden I am realizing this baby COULD come at any day now. OMG!

I went for some blood work yesterday afternoon (to check to see if my organs were affected by this pre-eclampsia) and will have those results back today when I go see Dr. G again at noon.

I also have an ultrasound scheduled for noon to check on the baby. Need to make sure our little monkey isn't under any stress. Yesterday it was moving around pretty good and the heartbeat was at 151 so that was all good signs. So we'll get an u/s to get in and really check things out.

We're trying to stay positive but it's all a bit scary for me. Just the reality of it! I did a lot of reading online last night and it sounds like the "best" solution is to take the baby as soon as its healthy enough to come out... well we're 34 weeks and if the babys lungs are developed enough, it COULD come early. Am I ready for that????? I have no idea.

We're keeping our fingers crossed that everything goes good today. Hopefully we can just take it easy for a few more weeks and keep the monkey inside.... it needs to "cook" some more!

I'll keep you all posted.

Merry Chrsitmas