08-7-2011 - hospital, possible pre- eclampsia and pending induction

My mood while writing this blog: tired and stressed

so, as some of you may already know for the last 7weeks or so i have been having headaches, high blood pressure, occasional blurred vision, have swelling in the hands, feet and face, and light headedness.
All of this has been noted by both my GP and midwife but protein was never found in my urine so the worry wasn’t really there up until Tuesday when my blood pressure shot up to 158/105 and traces of protein were found in my urine sample at a routine appt with my DR.

So safe to say i was swept quickly off to hospital where they did another urine sample, but found no protein (i had just drunk about 10 litres of juice though lol).
They checked my BP, which was still high so they took some blood which also came back `normal`.

The next day (i was kept in overnight) my morning urine sample came back with more protein on the dip stick thing, at this point my blood pressure had been averaging 140/90 so they decided to send a urine sample off to the lab, which again came back with protein, but they said for them to do anything about it then it needs to be 30% and mine was 21.7 so they decided at 9pm to send me home, and told me to make an appointment for the end of the week with my normal midwife, i asked what happens when they check urine and they find the protein again? (which I thought was obviously was going to happen) she said well then i will probably be sent back in and i should be prepared for that and possible induction.
So although that was quite frustrating i was glad to be going home, although a little confused and annoyed at spending 2 whole days in hospital for what seemed like nothing, i went straight to sleep as soon as i got in, so definitely appreciated not being in a hospital bed!

The next morning (Thursday) i called my midwife to make an appointment and explained a little about the situation, she said she was pretty much booked up but to come in straight away for a quick check between appointments.
When i got there she checked my BP and it came out at 180/132 and stayed around this figure each time she and 3 other midwives checked. She checked my urine sample and got a reading of ++ protein, so called an ambulance and whisked me back of to hospital... all of 12 hours after id been discharged and sent home!
Typically as soon as i got to the ward my blood pressure had dropped to 140/96 and my next urine sample had no trace of protein... nor did the next, or the next, but my blood pressure was very up and down so they decided to keep me in overnight for observation.
They also did an internal exam to see if i would be 'favourable for induction' but she said my cervix was really high and 3cm long... So apparently not!?

But they decided not to let me go past 39weeks so i am booked in for induction on the 17th July, hopefully nothing changes between now and then because i am quite happy with that date!

So after another sleepless night spent with 4hourly checks and being prodded and poked about they released me today, 4days after first being admitted, on the conditions that i have to see my midwife again on Tuesday for a BP and urine check (not that they believe any of her findings anyway!) and back to the hospital as an out-patient for another check on Thursday. Then if all is the same as it is ill be back for my induction on the 17th, Which i am really hoping happens, i don’t want him before then because I’m scared that if my body isn’t ready the induction won’t work and ill end up with a c-section... but on the other hand if my BP goes back to normal I’ll be gutted to have everything ready and set for the 17th and then have to wait for him to naturally arrive at any time!
Ill be glad when this is all over, I’m totally exhausted both physically and emotionally! i just want my baby boy here now where he is safe and i can give him snuggles!
Anyway ladies, sorry for such a long and probably boring blog! Thank you for reading and i hope you and your bumps are doing fantastically!
love and belly rubs to you all xxxx