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Sick, but we keep trucking |
| Posted on September 15, 2011 |
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I've been sick since last Saturday. I haven't been able to take any medication, with the exception of Tylenol. So that doesn't really help. I had an NST on Monday, and he's been doing really well. There was one high BP reading, and trace protein in my urine. I was at UCLA for about 5 hours after running tests, and everything was fine. All my other BP readings were normal and two days later there was no protein in my urine. The official diagnosis of preeclampsia is more than one BP readings of >140/90 over the course of an hour AND >300mg protein in urine over the course of 24 hours. That slight huccup landed me the extra 5 hours, but it was just an aberrant reading. And having a cold can also cause protein to spill to urine. They were just being cautious. I saw Dr. Johnson yesterday who said the baby is now about 4 pounds, two ounces, and looking quite normal. He is in the 32nd percentile, which is good. As babies approach the 50th percentile, that's when we start looking at 9 pound babies, which is not good. That would mean my gestational diabetes is not controlled. Because I'm still sick and not feeling too great, I canceled yesterday's appointment with Dr. Tabsh, and today's NST. Yesterday, Dr. Johnson said: You're almost 9 months pregnant, still working full time, and you're sick. You're sure you don't want to take some time off? So I took today off. Back to appointments 4 times a week next week. We'll see how much longer I can go. Just 4-5 weeks until we meet little Snowflake. |