Me again! PE? or not?

right so now i have 2x weekly bloods and 2x weekly appointments with the mw and hospital appointments whenever they get round to giving me one..
in the meantime no protein in urine..BP fine..but still bulk swelling and swelling has moved to tummy...if i get high BP and or protein I'm in hospital..otherwise I might go overdue....so does that mean I should't worry about the swelling..? I just worry if it gets any further up it will affect bubs? atm I feel fine and eveything else (except platelet count) is perfect)...I know I'm getting the best care and monitored as I need to be...

Bub isn't engaged yet but i suppose that's normal? and is in R instead of ROL position..whatever that means?:) anyway for those who had PE how much swelling did you have..did anyone have lots of swelling with no other issues? MW said if she was at all worried i would be in the hospital quick as a flash.. shes going away though but I'm sure the new one (for three weeks) is lovely but I'd rather she hadn't gone...:) not her fault though!!!!

yeah i figured it was ok..she said it was fine just wondered..she take me from 5 days before my ticker..so I'm 35 and a bit according to her..:)

I think I have said it before its the swelling in your face that will get them really concerned. However you would think that with the swelling up to your tummy they would be concerned.

Thats what I was told by my OB, something to do with your brain and you may swell in there.

I had that problem this time last year. It totally bites. Yeah I had it in my face with Andrew and it only just started in my face the day before I got induced with Josh.

Just keep an eye out for the face swelling, puffy eyes are a big giveaway. I think I was heading that way, but Phoenix was running out of waters in the womb, so I was induced pretty smartly.

I do feel for you kawwww, you just don't feel human with all that fluid retention. At least you can look forward to peeing it all out after birth. No more of those tiny bladder pressure wees, it comes flooding out. I imagine mine will still take a while yet.

Yeah, I think Phoenix is adorable too. You have no idea the instant emotion you feel when they are placed upon your chest. I was overwhelmed.

If you do start seeing spots, or get dizzy, or are getting regular headaches, do speak up. They ask for a reason. I had minor spots but put it down to heat, I definately should have been more pushy / upfront during the last weeks of my pregnancy. Once I became overdue, I stopped counting the days.

Oh and btw, I had protein throughout my pregnancy show, but on the day they decided to induce me, I had no trace at all. Funnily enough they decided to test me after they broke my waters, and I was protein +3, and that's one reason they wanted to keep me in the hospital. Yet, I was told it was common to have high protein after breaking the waters due to the amount of blood.

Good luck girl.

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