You may have seen our Facebook entry yesterday, but yep looks like Baby Finton is coming this week. About a week and a day early. Over the past few OB visits, my OB has been concerned about my Preeclampsia symptoms. We’ve been monitoring my Blood pressure, protein in the urine and swelling to see how close I am to being a preeclampsia risk.
Fortunately for Baby, she is doing amazingly well. She has no known issues and a strong heartbeat. She’s in position and low. I don’t feel her kick as much as move. According to movie watching with pumpkin, she vastly enjoyed Skyfall to Lincoln and Lincoln to Hobbit.
I’m not doing as hot. While I have loved being pregnant, my body seems to have had enough. So close to 40 weeks too. My blood pressure continues to be high for the last four weeks. The protein in my urine samples has gone up consistently as well. I feel like my overall swelling has gone down. But that’s only one symptom. Add to that the fact that there are risk symptoms like first time mom and mom over the age of 35. Check and check. The odds continue to stack against me.
We’re being admitted tomorrow to start the process of bringing baby finton into this world. I’ve started having contractions, but nothing major. Or at least it doesn’t hurt like hell yet. I’m 100% effaced but only 2 centimeters dilated. So I know there is a long road ahead. The OB says she can feel her head though!! That’s just crazy to me!
Unfortunately against everything I wanted, I will be induced with Pitocin. I guess it’s going to be a small amount to begin with so I hope to avoid the Pit crash that I see featured in every article/birthing movie. My OB believes that once my water breaks and with the Pit we’ll have a smooth labor. That the chances of a c-section are still low.
The only thing I feel bad about is making pumpkin come a little earlier than maybe she wants to. At this point, my OB is focused on the healthy mom aspect. What disappoints me is something as serious Preeclampsia has absolutely no tests. EVERYTHING else during pregnancy has a test or a screening. But this, we’re supposed to just look at symptoms and go with the odds. It’s highly disappointing and frustrating. I don’t understand how such a serious illness (the affects if you end up having it can be deadly) is basically left to chance. Unless the medical industry enjoys having something it can dangle in front of mothers to be to frighten them into having a “controlled” versus natural birth. There definitely needs to be more attention paid to PreEclampsia as our society starts to have babies at an older age. The information out there is pretty dated and some of it is conflicting. Again, I can’t stress enough how there should be a diagnostic test for this too.
As for us, please send any positive thoughts our way tomorrow. It may be a day or two before Pumpkin is actually born, but she’ll be here this week and we’re both very excited!
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January 15, 2013 at 12:30 pm
Wishing you the best, easiest delivery possible under the circumstances. Try not to be too frustrated by what could have been/might have been. There is no “supposed to be”. Every pregnancy is its own unique and often unpredictable journey. It sounds like you are in good hands. Share photos!
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January 15, 2013 at 12:33 pm
You are blessed the pre-e didn’t show sooner. I’m looking forward to seeing your little princess!
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January 15, 2013 at 2:16 pm
Everything will be fine. Don’t focus so much about “how” the baby is coming or “why” she is coming early. By tomorrow night you’ll be a MOM and nothing else will matter.
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January 15, 2013 at 2:38 pm
Trina,
This is so similar to what happened with me except that your OB is actually explaining what’s going on instead of just sending you to the hospital for “further testing” like mine did, which obviously ended up ultimately with my c-section.
Good luck to you, and no matter how she arrives, she’ll be here and as happy to meet you as you guys are!
Joselyn
January 15, 2013 at 4:48 pm
Sorry to hear your health new, and totally get it. I got that news two weeks before the due date so I was out on bed rest. The next day they did an ultrasound and found low fluid and she flipped to breech (I blame bed rest since the day before she was in position). So I did end up with the C-section. Biht me and the baby were healthy and that’s what matters in the end. Hang in there, it is for the best!
January 15, 2013 at 5:21 pm
I was induced with pitocin too and it was hard. You’ll most likely need the epidural too because the pitocin makes the contraction stronger and it stresses out the baby a bit too. In the end, you’ll have a super baby and by this time next week you’ll be home. Happy pushing!
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January 16, 2013 at 1:32 am
So feeling you Girl! But seriously it’s not the end of the world to be induced. I was induced with my first and had a wonderful delivery. Once they broke my water and the contractions were on top of eachother (cause of the pitocin) I got the epidural and had him a few hours later. I think the epidural released me enough to get me to 10cm. So know that it is possible to enjoy your birth experience even with pitocin. I will be praying for you as I await my little punkin who’s due in a few weeks.