February 21, 2014 – Control

    We had our follow up with the OB today.  First of all, he made fun of me for not answering my phone and not staying in the hospital.  Love my doctor!  My blood pressure for the last couple of days has been so low that I have trouble staying awake.  I was a little worried about this sudden turn, but he assured me it is pretty common to see with preeclampsia, so the diagnosis stands.  L

    I am glad that I have been working on getting myself mentally prepared for being out of control, because I feel totally out of control now.  The plan now is to watch me closely, continue my weekly appointments with weekly labs and urine collection, and watch for things to get worse.  There is the possibility of increasing appointments to twice a week or spending additional time in the hospital.  I will most likely spend some time on bed rest to try and make it to 37 weeks.  We all agreed that 37 weeks is the new goal.  I am sad to let go of my day dreams of going into labor at exactly 40 weeks and having the normal progression of things, but I want a healthy baby more than I want the fantasy.

   We discussed method of early delivery and we all agreed that an induction was going to be the way to go, unless things just go wrong in a hurry.  I told him I would like to avoid an emergency C-section if at all possible, but don’t want to put the baby in danger, so he just needs to keep me informed of his recommendations.  We can’t really plan for anything at this point, so we are all just marching along monitoring things as they come.  I still have to do blood pressure checks 3 times a day and weekly labs/visits, and as long as my BP stays low (relatively) I can stay off bed rest.  I still have to take it easy and try to relax and stay calm, but that has been a standing order.  He said if I didn’t have Doc at home watching me he would probably have me being watched more closely.  Thank goodness for Doc!  Doc and I are both just trying to get our heads wrapped around the fact that our son is going to be joining us so much sooner than we planned.  We are both praying for 37 weeks and healthy.