On Sunday my OB had me repeat my 24 hour pee test at home. Oh what fun - pee in a bucket for 24 hours...
On Monday I went to the Tully Center to drop it off and got some additional bloodwork done and then on Tuesday I had an appointment with my OB for another non stress test (NST) which I have been doing twice a week since my last trip to L&D.
Every time I have a NST the babies are doing wonderfully. The NST tracks their heartrates and movements using a doppler for a period of time from 20 minutes to 1 hour and also measures to see if I am having any contractions. Then, an ultrasound measures the amount of fluid each of the babies have. Every time I have had one of these NST's the results have been that the babies are perfect.
My problem has been all along (in my third trimester) that my blood pressures have been measuring high. Last time I was in the hospital they said that my baseline was 130s/80s. This time they moved my baseline to 150s/80s but individual bp checks have been as high as 170/115.
When I turned in my 24 hour pee test on Monday and my OB got the results on Tuesday my number was 380 something. The cut off is 300 and the level from the last test I had done while I was at the hospital the month before was 280 something. Sooo my high bp plus the over 300 number sent me to the L&D unit of the hospital for the second time.
This time I was in L&D from 2:30 until about 7:30 getting bloodwork, an IV, another NST and starting a third 24 hour pee test. While I was in L&D they were talking steroid shots and possible delivery which was scary, but it was all kind of wait and see what the additional blood and pee tests come back and show. Thankfully they were happy enough and let me go downstairs to take my breastfeeding class after I was done in L&D and before they sent me up to Maternity which was a nice way to kill some time in the hospital. Once I was settled in my room in Maternity I was basically just there for the 24 hour pee test and more monitoring of my bps and fetal heart rates.
When the test results finally came back around 5pm last night my number was 260 so I was released home for the time being. I have another NST scheduled at the hospital tomorrow morning at 8:30 and what might be my last growth scan with the MFM on Monday. Maybe we will get some final 3d images of the twins?
My belly is getting huge making it a bit harder to navigate and do every-day tasks, my feet resemble those of Fred Flintstone and I'm pretty much tired all the time but I am generally feeling really good so it is hard for me to believe that I could have to deliver so soon. Right now I am really hoping to make it to at least 35 weeks which would be next Sunday but obviously the longer the better and I know that in reality it could be any day now...
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