Hey there,

I was hoping to start a chat thread with anyone else that has pre eclampsia at the moment... I hope there isn't anyone on BB with it, but if there is, I hope that we can share experiences.

This is my story:

I had PE with my first child, he was induced at 37 weeks after me being in hospital for 4 weeks by that stage. I had early liver failure and one kidney of mine was barely functioning. BP and protein stayed high or went higher, and I hated the whole thing.

I didn't get it with DD and I was very thankful.

So I thought I would be right with this one. Not so, apparently I always had a higher chance since this baby is with a new partner. That makes the incidence higher since it's something about sperm antibodies and since i had it with my first child.

Anyway, bp has been high end of normal and I was put on weekly visits. I was gunning for 36 weeks if at all, my mind could accept 36 weeks with PE, but not sooner. But after a week of pretty bad swelling and headaches I shouldn't have been suprised when yesterday on my 31 week checkup BP had gone over the limit and I had ++ protein. I begged the doctor to give me 10 minutes of lying down and recheck everything before he rang the hospital, and he did, but it was higher 10 minutes later.
Then it was a visit to the hospital straight away which is a big deal here because I have young children and the place is over an hour away. So I asked for day admittance instead to give me a chance to get it down. It dropped to the high end of normal, but still protein showing up. I was allowed to go home on strict rest and as long as I got a few blood tests and a scan done, then came back for at least a day admittance on Monday.

I'm sad because it's only just 31 weeks today. I'm feeling sorry for myself that it's starting to show this early and I remember how bad I got before with DS, but it didn't come on good and proper till 33 weeks with him, and didn't get real bad till 36 weeks when the liver thing went wrong. I know some ladies get it very early on and have serious problems, and HELLP and I shouldn't be feeling sorry for myself. I just wanted a normal pregnancy and hospitialization isn't an option for me. It's just not. It's too far away, even if I could arrange for someone to watch my kids, I would never get to see them unless weekends.

I'm feeling bummed out at the moment.

So please, anyone in the same situation with PE or early PE, maybe we could use this thread to have a chat