Oh my what a week it has been. First full week back at work after the wedding/honeymoon, getting used to Sal's new hours. I dont know if I posted it here but Sal got a second shift job towing cars. Its not the best job and honestly he is so much smarter than that but the hours are exactly what we need. He is working 6 days a week it seems like from 4pm-1am. This means that once the baby is here we will only need to find child care from about 3pm-6pm. This helps the wallet greatly.
I did a 24 hour urine test last Sunday. My protein in my urine was higher at my appointment right before the wedding so they wanted me to do another one. I have had protein in my urine the whole time but this was a lot higher. So, I did that on Sunday. Well, I also noticed on Sunday that I wasnt feeling the baby moving around a whole lot. I didnt think much of it until the night time when I usually feel like there is a circus in there. I tried to convince myself that it was all okay and go to sleep. I kept waking up worrying about it and then trying to go back to the place where it was all okay. Well, finally around 3:30 I woke up and I just couldnt get it out of my head anymore. I got up and had a glass of ice water and laid on my left side to see if I could feel the baby move....granted I did not lay there very long because i was so worried....but I didnt feel anything. Around 4 I called the doctors office. The on call doctor called me back and told me to come in to the hospital to get monitored. They hooked me up to the monitor and could find the heartbeat right away. So that made me feel better. Baby was being lazy but ended up waking up around 6am to do some acrobats. They let me turn my 24 hour urine in at the hospital before I left around 7:30. I came home, got ready, and went to work only 15 minutes late. What an exhausting day. I got a call soon after getting to work that the protein is way to high and I needed to make an appt asap, so they scheduled me for one the next day. Let me tell you that it took everything in my willpower to not study this through google.
I went to my appt on Tuesday and the doctor that I Met with, Dr. Rao, I have seen once before. He is actually the doctor that delivered Lily, my Goddaughter. He said that he wants me to do weekly 24 hour urine tests (Ugh), twice weekly Non stress tests at the hospital, and move up to weekly appointments at the office. Along with this I have to go see the kidney specialist and an Maternal Fetal Medicine doctor. Scary. He talked about the risks and what could come of this. Basically high protein means that my kidneys are not working properly. This could be my kidneys or it could be the start of pre eclampsia. The only way to get rid of pre eclampsia is to deliver the baby. Right now my blood pressure is fine, Thankfully! I am happy that they are monitoring me so closely and hope that this does not progress. He also said that at this point they would not let me get to 40 weeks (boo to that because my maternity leave would have worked perfectly if i delivered at 40 weeks!). I am 30 weeks right now so every day that this little nugget cooks is good....a stronger, healthier baby. I am hoping to make it 7 more weeks but we shall see!
Tomorrow morning I have an appt with MFM at 8 am, then NST at 9AM then kidney specialist at 11:15. What a morning filled with appointments. I should learn more about what is going on and that is good! They likely wont know the cause of my protein in my urine until after the baby is born (if ever)....but said that it could also be because I have a history of high blood pressure. Love and prayers are much appreciated. And, if anyone hasnt seen, wedding pics are two entries back!
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