aidens mommy 6/29/09 asked:
for the past couple of weeks i’ve had high blood pressure so they put me on bed rest because of gestational hypertension. last friday i was having severe upper abdominal pain and callled and they told me to come in to get checked, they said i was dehydarated and to stay on bed rest. i had my last appointment wednesday and they sent me into l&d for more monitoring, welllll let’s just say i’ve been having headaches, blurred vision, high blood pressure, swelling but since i don’t have protein in my urine they sent me home saying” we expect this high blood pressure from you so just stay in bed” it never got lower than 150/85 and at one point was 181/101. then a couple hours after being home i collapsed on the couch because my back and stomach were so bad and i was having trouble breathing and callled the ambulance went in, saw the same nurse, she said it was the flu since i don’t have protein in my urine and sent me home. it just doesn’t seem right. i feel like they should induce me( i know it’s not the best) because of all these complications. i’m worried about me health and most of all the babies health. i don’t want to wait longer and end up having pre eclampsia develop since i’m already borderline. what do you think? should i not be so worried? should they be doing something?
for the past couple of weeks i’ve had high blood pressure so they put me on bed rest because of gestational hypertension. last friday i was having severe upper abdominal pain and callled and they told me to come in to get checked, they said i was dehydarated and to stay on bed rest. i had my last appointment wednesday and they sent me into l&d for more monitoring, welllll let’s just say i’ve been having headaches, blurred vision, high blood pressure, swelling but since i don’t have protein in my urine they sent me home saying” we expect this high blood pressure from you so just stay in bed” it never got lower than 150/85 and at one point was 181/101. then a couple hours after being home i collapsed on the couch because my back and stomach were so bad and i was having trouble breathing and callled the ambulance went in, saw the same nurse, she said it was the flu since i don’t have protein in my urine and sent me home. it just doesn’t seem right. i feel like they should induce me( i know it’s not the best) because of all these complications. i’m worried about me health and most of all the babies health. i don’t want to wait longer and end up having pre eclampsia develop since i’m already borderline. what do you think? should i not be so worried? should they be doing something?
I think I would let them know that you would like to see someone else and that you don’t feel like they are taking you seriously. I’ve been working with a specialist and they would have done something even without the protein in the urine, but I don’t know if that is just because I am high risk. They may want you to stay in bed until at least 37 weeks when the babys lungs will be fully developed. I would definaly call the doc and let them know what you are thinking and find out what they are thinking. Good luck!
I also had “pregnancy induced hypertension” or PIH and i was induced at 38 weeks (2 days after they diagnosed it). I had high bp, but not as high as yours, pressure in my head and a small amount of protien. If i were you I would immediately get a second opinon! Blood pressure that high is not safe at all. Especially is you are in a lot of pain. Protien is only one of the symptoms and you have many of the others of pre eclampsia.
i had preclamisia all the symptons that you had but i didnt know about it untill they induced me, i would talk to your docter and ask her to run some tests for the pre clampsia and run some tests on baby, also take it easy and get lots of fluids in you the protien in your urine isnt a biggie its probly a uti but as for the chest pain if that keeps up i would go to the docter imedatly and also you might want to talk to them about inducing labor if you feel its harming you and your baby, I almost died from pre clampsia i would **** to here about you dieing or your baby, do what you think is best
Don’t take that for an answer. Make an appointment with your doctor Monday if you feel you can wait that long. Trust your gut instinct- if you really feel something is wrong don’t take no for an answer. Make sure you get to the doctors on Monday and stay in bed and keep drinking. Stay lying down if you have to.
Good luck hun I wish you nothing but the best