More Updates

What an eventful week!  So, at my regular doctor appointment last week, they noticed my blood pressure was high.  It was extremely high at the specialist on the next day, but we just assumed it was circumstantial and stress related.  Well, I've kept a check on it since then, and it started improving, but this morning, it jumped to 142/104.  I sent my doctor a message and she wanted to see me today as soon as they could work me in.

I went in at 2:30, and spent the rest of my afternoon there.  She was running late due to a surgery that lasted longer than she expected.  They checked my bp, and it was still high, 130/92, but not as high as this morning.  They ended up doing more labs.  She told me that the labs from last week indicated that my liver enzymes were a little elevated.  We're now trying to diagnose why my bp is high... is it pre-eclampsia, or  is it just how my body is handling pregnancy?  So, they're checking everything she knows to check- blood, liver, kidneys, gall bladder, you name it, they're checking.  On Wednesday, I get to do a super fun 24 hour urine collection.  I'll take it in on Thursday, have more blood drawn and check my bp again.  I see my doctor again next week, unless any of the tests show something that requires her to see me sooner.  She noticed that I'm also swelling in my hands and feet.  It's early in the pregnancy for this swelling to be "normal."  Of course if it's pre-e, it could end up in them taking the baby early. 

I talked with her about the specialist's report... she said the specialist's measurements were a little higher than the ones they took at her office (good news), so we're just going to keep a check on everything.  The follow up with the specialist is January 14.  We'll compare those numbers on that day to the ones the specialist did last week, and look at ALL of them overall, to see if we can detect a pattern.

With my bp being high, she's going to see me every week, probably from here on out.  If she thinks it is pre-e, she'll most likely take me out of work all together and put me on modified bed rest.  But for the next few days, it's more "wait and see." 

I emailed someone that works in the Skeletal Dysplaisa Program at A.I. duPont Hospital for Children in Maryland.  I sent her the numbers from all of my ultrasounds so far.  She said that nothing is ever definite prenatally, but that these are not classic achondroplasia or hypochondroplasia numbers.  Which is potentially good news... but my regular doctor and I think there could still be something going on causing his measurements to be so low. My doctor is wondering if I have two, or even multiple things, going on, and she doesn't want to rule anything out or ignore anything, until we know for certain. 

I swear, some of the worst words you can tell a pregnant woman are, "We don't know yet."  And I'm the worst when it comes to waiting and the unknown.  But I'm taking it one day at a time and dealing with it as it comes.  Still saying lots of prayers and putting it in God's hands.