For weeks during this pregnancy, I have been having mild headaches with some floaters in my vision. Then, at 32 or 33 weeks pregnant, I was at work one day and my entire lateral side of my right eye was blurry for about 6 hours. I called my doc which prompted a slew of labs, ultrasounds and blood pressure checks. My blood pressure, labs and u/s all seemed fairly normal. I continued to get the floaters but basically ignored them because my bp was not high and I didn't have any other indications of pre-eclampsia. Fast forward to my 36 week doctor appointment. My urine showed I was spilling protein so all the labs were repeated. On Monday evening while I was playing with Sully, areas of my vision disappeared and I developed a moderate headache. I made sure to drink a lot of fluid and rested and called my doctor's office the next morning. They had me come in and my bp was only mildly elevated for me but not in any danger zone or even high enough to meet any diagnostic criteria for pre-eclampsia. However, I was put on bedrest for that day and the next day.
The next day, I got a call that one of my labs had jumped significantly, the one that showed that I was spilling protein in my urine. It was now in the pre-eclampsia range. I was asked to go to the clinic for a non-stress test, bp check and another urine dip.
Baby looked great but my bp was rising a bit (again, not dangerously so but nearing the 140/90 range) and now I had even more protein in my urine. I was advised to go to the hospital for more monitoring and I was officially put on bed rest for the duration of the pregnancy. I was in the hospital overnight on Wednesday and, interestingly, it seemed like I was in labor with contractions every 2-4 minutes and progression from where I was 9 days prior. After a few hours though, it all died down and I didn't make anymore progress. My doctor came in on Thursday and recommended moving up my c-section from 2/17/14 to that Saturday, 2/1/14, since I would be only a day shy of 37 weeks at that time. I was excited to meet my girl but was hoping that she was ready. Since I was stable, I was given the option to stay in the hospital until Saturday or go home. I chose to go home since there were a few things I wanted to get done first.
Last pregnancy photo, 36 weeks 5 days.
Finally, the big day was here!! We got to the hospital at 6:30 am to prep for surgery.
And at 8:51 am on Saturday, February 1st, a 6 lbs 14 oz 20 in Sydney Marie was born!
She didn't cry right away which was a bit nerve wracking but she was perfectly healthy and scored an 8 and 9 on her Apgars.
A few short hours later, she got to meet her Grandma and Papa and Big Brother!
And later that evening, more visitors arrived!
The next day, Big Brother was back!
On February 4th, we took our little gnome baby home:)
Life with our new family member begins!!
I'm sorry that you had to go through all that, but she looks totally worth it! She's beautiful. Congratulations!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing such great pics. She is a doll. Can't wait to see her in person. Glad all are doing well now!!
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