Windchill
Well-Known Member
Here's an update on our situation:
Had a visit w/ the diabetes center every week because of the gestational diabetes ... well on Friday Amy's blood pressure was pretty high ... high enough that the office phoned the hospital. We were told to rest in bed over the weekend to help keep it down.
Monday the blood pressure was high again as was the swelling, so after a visit to our OB's office, we were sent to the hospital for a 24-hour urine and some bloodwork and to check out the baby's heartbeat.
We learned three things from these tests:
1) Our child is stubborn as he or[/] she would not cooperate and literally sent nurses chasing for 5 minutes to get enough of a reading for the records.
2) I married the URINATOR. Doc said the avg woman pees about 2000 cc of urine in a 24-hour period ... Amy filled two-and-a-half jugs amounting to approx. >6000 cc of urine.
3) That everything is fine ... the lab results were really good. The doc is not concerned about any protien in her urine, whatever they checked in the blood looks really good ... baby's heartbeat is perfect ... and mom's blood pressure is doing much better.
So an early induction has been ruled out.
The doctor is contemplating keeping her in the hospital until she delivers naturally since she's doing well ... doesn't want to chance the swelling and high blood pressure if she leaves. While Amy would like to get out ... she wouldn't mind staying in knowing it's for the better. Her and the nurses get along really well ... as she says, "In a situation like this, I'll make friends with anyone/thing that moves."
Tomorrow she's having an ultrasound to get an estimate on the baby's weight as that may play into doc's "big picture."
Not sure how we'll keep this place organized when we have the baby ... she'll obviously be tired from the experience, as will I from running around from work to the hospital, home to clean and take care of any errands, back to the hospital, then home to get some sleep ... and the continuous cycle that it has become.
Had a visit w/ the diabetes center every week because of the gestational diabetes ... well on Friday Amy's blood pressure was pretty high ... high enough that the office phoned the hospital. We were told to rest in bed over the weekend to help keep it down.
Monday the blood pressure was high again as was the swelling, so after a visit to our OB's office, we were sent to the hospital for a 24-hour urine and some bloodwork and to check out the baby's heartbeat.
We learned three things from these tests:
1) Our child is stubborn as he or[/] she would not cooperate and literally sent nurses chasing for 5 minutes to get enough of a reading for the records.
2) I married the URINATOR. Doc said the avg woman pees about 2000 cc of urine in a 24-hour period ... Amy filled two-and-a-half jugs amounting to approx. >6000 cc of urine.
3) That everything is fine ... the lab results were really good. The doc is not concerned about any protien in her urine, whatever they checked in the blood looks really good ... baby's heartbeat is perfect ... and mom's blood pressure is doing much better.
So an early induction has been ruled out.
The doctor is contemplating keeping her in the hospital until she delivers naturally since she's doing well ... doesn't want to chance the swelling and high blood pressure if she leaves. While Amy would like to get out ... she wouldn't mind staying in knowing it's for the better. Her and the nurses get along really well ... as she says, "In a situation like this, I'll make friends with anyone/thing that moves."
Tomorrow she's having an ultrasound to get an estimate on the baby's weight as that may play into doc's "big picture."
Not sure how we'll keep this place organized when we have the baby ... she'll obviously be tired from the experience, as will I from running around from work to the hospital, home to clean and take care of any errands, back to the hospital, then home to get some sleep ... and the continuous cycle that it has become.