AngB
09-27-2012, 09:09 AM
Thanks for the good thoughts!
Update:
My fluid levels were down again, but only by 2 cm this time, and only 1 cm below what they ideally would "like" it to be. He did okay on the NST-I was on the monitors for almost an hour because he was *too* active for them to get a good baseline.But eventually they did. I wasn't crazy about the nurse I had today who was totally unconcerned about everything and acted like she wasn't even going to mention it to the doctors. (And it's not like I expect them to do anything dramatic like deliver the baby or even admit me for it, but I felt like it should at least have been pointed out to someone that over the last 3 weeks my fluid levels have decreased by more than half, and have consistently decreased every time they are checked. Today I could tell before she even started measuring them that they were even lower because there was so much less black space around the baby compared to Monday, and yep, down 2 cm.) Anyway, I called and left my OB a message just to have the peace of mind of knowing that she knows. I have been drinking a lot of fluids, my urine is pretty much clear, so I don't think it's dehydration related (low fluid levels can also be a sign of fetal distress which is why it has me antsy especially, I have a history with a bad placenta), but drinking even more couldn't hurt and might help so I'm willing to try it. I go back Monday for more monitoring and an appointment with my MFM, hopefully my levels will make a little jump by then, at least if nothing else, we will hopefully make it 33 weeks and to October.
Now to just get through tomorrow.
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My pregnancies are high risk b/c I developed severe preeclampsia and HELLP at 23 wks in my first one and our dd passed away as a result shortly after she was born. My pregnancy with DS was pretty uneventful overall although super stressful- I surprised them and didn't get sick at all.
Well, here we are at 32 weeks (33 tomorrow). I am swollen to the tune of gaining 4+ lbs a week (definitely not normal for me), and I am spilling relatively significant amounts of protein in my urine. But my blood pressure has been hanging in there, none of the usual scary symptoms yet, the baby is growing very well, and he's been easily passing the 2x weekly NST's. (I'm going to 3-4 appointments a week right now and being watched very very closely.)
The crappy thing is my amniotic fluid levels have steadily decreased every time they've checked them (every 3ish days). On Monday, they were still barely slightly above where they wanted them, so that was okay, but if it's down 3 cm more today (which I suspect they might be, because it's gone down by 3 cm every time, from the time before), I don't think my high risk doctor is going to be letting me leave with low fluid levels in consideration of everything else going on and my history-and knowing I SAHM with a 17 month old . (She already gave me steroid shots last week for the baby's lungs and is considering this a day to day, week to week, thing.)
Tomorrow is DD's birthday. It has been 3 years since she was born and died. And I really, really, do not want to be stuck in the hospital (the same hospital), tomorrow especially. (Ideally, not until it's time to have this baby, but if I can just make it through tomorrow "free" and still pregnant, I'll take what I can get at this point.) Of course I will if they think that's where I need to be to keep this baby in safely as long as possible, but it's going to be really hard on me and really hard on DS.
I could use some good thoughts please!
Update:
My fluid levels were down again, but only by 2 cm this time, and only 1 cm below what they ideally would "like" it to be. He did okay on the NST-I was on the monitors for almost an hour because he was *too* active for them to get a good baseline.But eventually they did. I wasn't crazy about the nurse I had today who was totally unconcerned about everything and acted like she wasn't even going to mention it to the doctors. (And it's not like I expect them to do anything dramatic like deliver the baby or even admit me for it, but I felt like it should at least have been pointed out to someone that over the last 3 weeks my fluid levels have decreased by more than half, and have consistently decreased every time they are checked. Today I could tell before she even started measuring them that they were even lower because there was so much less black space around the baby compared to Monday, and yep, down 2 cm.) Anyway, I called and left my OB a message just to have the peace of mind of knowing that she knows. I have been drinking a lot of fluids, my urine is pretty much clear, so I don't think it's dehydration related (low fluid levels can also be a sign of fetal distress which is why it has me antsy especially, I have a history with a bad placenta), but drinking even more couldn't hurt and might help so I'm willing to try it. I go back Monday for more monitoring and an appointment with my MFM, hopefully my levels will make a little jump by then, at least if nothing else, we will hopefully make it 33 weeks and to October.
Now to just get through tomorrow.
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My pregnancies are high risk b/c I developed severe preeclampsia and HELLP at 23 wks in my first one and our dd passed away as a result shortly after she was born. My pregnancy with DS was pretty uneventful overall although super stressful- I surprised them and didn't get sick at all.
Well, here we are at 32 weeks (33 tomorrow). I am swollen to the tune of gaining 4+ lbs a week (definitely not normal for me), and I am spilling relatively significant amounts of protein in my urine. But my blood pressure has been hanging in there, none of the usual scary symptoms yet, the baby is growing very well, and he's been easily passing the 2x weekly NST's. (I'm going to 3-4 appointments a week right now and being watched very very closely.)
The crappy thing is my amniotic fluid levels have steadily decreased every time they've checked them (every 3ish days). On Monday, they were still barely slightly above where they wanted them, so that was okay, but if it's down 3 cm more today (which I suspect they might be, because it's gone down by 3 cm every time, from the time before), I don't think my high risk doctor is going to be letting me leave with low fluid levels in consideration of everything else going on and my history-and knowing I SAHM with a 17 month old . (She already gave me steroid shots last week for the baby's lungs and is considering this a day to day, week to week, thing.)
Tomorrow is DD's birthday. It has been 3 years since she was born and died. And I really, really, do not want to be stuck in the hospital (the same hospital), tomorrow especially. (Ideally, not until it's time to have this baby, but if I can just make it through tomorrow "free" and still pregnant, I'll take what I can get at this point.) Of course I will if they think that's where I need to be to keep this baby in safely as long as possible, but it's going to be really hard on me and really hard on DS.
I could use some good thoughts please!