Wednesday I went for my appointment with my midwife, and ended up having to go to the hospital because my blood pressure was super high and they couldn't get it down even after 2 hours.
Turns out I have preeclampsia and am now on bed rest for the next two months, unless they have to induce me before the due date :( I am fully willing to comply (even though it's killing me since I know there's so much to be done at work, and no one to fully cover me). I'd rather lay in bed than have a 2 month premie! Luckily Riley is doing well, so as long as i can keep my blood pressure down, he can grow a little more. I have to keep telling myself that so I don't get up and do things i'm not supposed to. I can be up 10 minutes to eat 3 times a day, 10 minutes to shower, and can get up to use the bathroom...otherwise it's either laying in bed or in the recliner. Poor Elden has to do everything else.
I now have to go down to Ft. Carson twice a week to be monitored for an hour, and on one of those days have labs done (meaning I have to collect my urine the day before and take all of it down there...SOOO GROSS!).
On top of preeclampsia, as i was leaving my midwife, she came back in the exam room and said "did anyone call you about your glucose test you took a couple weeks ago?" I assumed no news was good news, but apparently in this case it wasn't good news. They just forgot to call me and tell me my levels were elevated, and that I need to go back and take the three hour glucose test. I actually was assuming i might end up with gestational diabetes because Caroline had it also (we both have PCOS)-and it appears that may be the case. We'll find out next week I guess...i'm keeping my fingers crossed I don't so I have one less thing to worry about.
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