Swelling!

Ring your mw just in case, *especially* at this stage of your pregnancy.

Hi again, thanks guys. I did ring her yesterday when I noticed it had got quite a bit worse and she said if it got even worse or didn't go down during the night times after lying down that she would check my BP etc on Monday.. If my pee test was fine on Thurs tho does that basically rule out that it could be preeclampsia or can you have it without having abnormal pee? lol.

my SIL has swelling so bad when she was standing up that her toes didnt sit on the floor. it was just really abd fluid retention. make sure your drinking at least 2L of water aday and cut out and tea, coffee and salt as the contribute to fluid retention, green tea is good for flushing it out too. speaking to ur mw is def a good idea and its good she is going to re-check, always better to keep an eye on things

swelling by itself can be fine- as can high blood pressure. they dont necessarily mean PET. But the spots thing...hmmm that I would mention. Obviously your MW thinks you'll be fine til Monday though. Oh and the pee test thing? It changes day by day. I had mine done,a s well as the blood test for PET a week before Charli-Rose was born on a Friday. That Monday my pee showed traces of protein but the bloods were still clear. The next day it showed I was developing it a bit. By Wednesday I had developed it well and truly and had to rush the induction along. PET can develop really quickly...not to scare you though! You'll be fine :-) and so will bubs. You're technically full term now so IF its bad enough, they can induce you with no probs to bubs.

(Hopefully everything's fine though cuz Charli-Rose wants to meet you next week lol!)

I had swelling but probably not as bad as you by the sounds of it.

I found that a wheaty bag that had been in the freezer for a few hours to go nice and cold, really helped my feet/ankles.

Good luck. Not too long to go now.

Me too, I got the swelling and spots but no headaches. MW just said to drink lots of water and rest with feet up.
Nobody told me the swelling can be worse after birth though!! It went away after about a week, it is still strange to see my skinny ankles lol

Good that you told your MW

I really can't be bothered typing out my story again but if you look at the link that Arohanui has put there it has my story in detail of PET. Short story I got it twice and the link has all the details of mine.

Signs of PET: Swelling (more than the normal pregnancy and heat swelling), a higher than normal BP (and you usually have 3 or more readings done with 30 odd minutes apart), blured vision or stars in your eyes, your liquid input is greater than your output (measured with a 24 collection), your urid acid levels are high (with Andrew mine were 3 times the normal level).

If you want any more info feel free to PM and ask any questions.