Bedrest?

Well, I ended up going into the Dr. on Friday after work. I had been feeling nauseous all week, had headaches on and off, and just put it off to getting a cold. Well, Thursday night, I was as swollen as I have ever been. I just figured I would go to sleep, wake up, and it would be down like it normally is. Friday morning, it did go down, but was still swollen. I didn't think much of it, and headed off to work.

I was showing a video in class on Friday,so I knew I would be able to sit down all day. By lunch, my hands were like what I like to call The Nutty Professor hands (if you have seen that movie)., and my feet/ ankles were ginormous. My face was even super swollen, I could just feel it. I knew I had a Dr.appt scheduled for this Wed., but thought I maybe should call in just to see if they wanted me to come in before then.

I called up the office, and talked to a nurse. She asked me my symptoms and I just told her about my swelling. She then asked about other symptoms such as nausea... and it all clicked. Yes, nausea, headaches, swelling, had it all. She said she definitely wanted me to come in after work to get my blood pressure checked and have some other tests done. I knew my blood pressure had been going up, and I had some periods of rapid weight gain, so pre-eclampsia was on my mind.

I got into the clinic and they were so quick. Got me in, checked my weight and blood pressure. I had gained 3 lbs since the last time I was in, and my blood pressure was 144/92! My urine test came back with no protein in it though, which was good. We then were just waiting for my blood tests to come back-- they checked my platelette level and liver enzymes.

While we were waiting for those results, the nurse told me what may happen based on the results. I may be allowed to go home, no restrictions. I may be able to go home, but on bedrest, I may have to stay in the hospital, and they may want to take the baby out ASAP. As we waited, I got to see Brynn, she is head down--yay! She was super active like she usually is. I laid in the OB room waiting for Dr. Mills to come in and tell me what the plan is. When she came in, she kept saying "If we let you go home today..." I was worried I would be spending the night in the hospital.

Finally, the results were done and my blood tests came back in the normal range. This meant I was allowed to go home, but on strict bedrest. Blah. They said I was to come back first thing Monday morning, get rechecked, and they will decide then if I can go back to work. Since I had an ultrasound and OB check scheduled for Wed., I asked if I could just do all that when I came in on Monday. OB, no problem. They scheduled me for the ultrasound, and I am first in line, however, if someone has an emergency and needs one, they get priority. I am hoping we are a go, and have our last big ultrasound tomorrow!

SO I am anxious for tomorrow, not worried anxious really, but just want to know where we are at with my health, and anxious about whether or not we will get to have our ultrasound. I will update as soon as I can. I am a bit concerned, just because I am still swollen, have had headaches, and felt nauseous this weekend despite taking it easy-- so we shall see!