I called my nurse this morning and explained to her what happened last night. My headache did go away last night but it was when I fell asleep which I can't recall what time. This morning, I noticed my face and hands are more swollen than usual and my hands have been having tingling sensation the whole night. I woke up feeling okay but now started to get a headache again. So, I will be going into the caseroom to check if everything is okay. Crossing my fingers that I don't have to hospitalized since DD#1 will miss me... I am a little scared at the moment... will keep you all updated!
I really hope it turns out to be nothing, but definitely better to be safe than sorry. At least at this point in your pregnancy bub is 'ready' if they decide they need to come out straight away.
Yay, I'm home... Today has been a long, tiring day but at least knowing that my baby is fine is definitely worth running a trip to the hospital.
I went in around 10am and left the hospital at around 2pm. They kept me on a monitor for 2 hours because they wanted me make sure things are okay. At first, the nurse was worried that my baby wasn't doing much movements so she gave me some apple juice and was hoping to catch some movements. We heard the heart beat at a continuous rate of 140s-150s. Then, the monitor also picked up some of my contractions. When my nurse looked at the swelling in my legs, face, and hands, she paged my doctor.
The doctor came in 20 minutes later. By then, the baby was showing some increased movements. The baby was probably sleeping when the nurse put the monitor on. I was advised by my doctor to return to caseroom if I should get increased headache when not possibly relieved by acetaminophen or blurred vision. As for now, I am told to take it easy and have my blood pressure monitored daily just to make sure things are going accordingly.
I have to admit that I feel more at ease now even though after a tiring day of running around. Hopefully the baby will decide to show up sooner than my full 40 weeks...
Glad to hear that you're ok and bubs is fine. I hope the swelling stays under control for you and that your BP behaves. Hopefully little one isn't far away!
hi, I just wanted to let you know I had exactly the same thing going on late last year in the last few weeks of my pgcy.
from about 34wks onwards, my belly, arms,legs,hands and face ( I had mick jagger lips!!) just ballooned!
i was measuring 42wks at 34wks (around the belly) i ended up being monitored for 5 hrs on a ctg (baby was fine) blood pressure was fine and trace protein in urine.
I had to have my blood pressure taken every week by the gp inbetween hospital visits.
I was on strict orders to take myself to emergency if visiopn was blurry or increasing headache.
by 39wks, I had no ankles or knees, just treestumps! big pouches of fluid under my eyes and fish lips. i also couldnt make a fist due to my fingers being like sausages, also the only shoes I had to wear were a size 11 mens pair of crocs, (i am usually a size 8!!)
anyway, everything was all normal, my baby was fine, i understand your worry though, everything I had pointed to pre eclampsia but it never eventuated.
hope you dont end up as big as I was, I put on over 30kg (I am sure it was all fluid!!)
and I hope you have an uneventful rest of your pregnancy. xxx
Thank you everyone for your concerns. I think most of my weight gain is also due to the fluid. This morning, I woke up larger than yesterday. Well, I'm 37w1d now but am sure hoping that the baby will decide to show before my full 40 weeks.
This morning, I could barely make a fist with my hand as my fingers look like sausages. I have a hard time opening anything because my fingers just swell up so nicely! I'm hoping that the swelling will just stop. I have to say that I am glad I haven't had any blurred vision since day before yesterday. It does feel worrisome when these symptoms assimilate to preeclampsia.
These last weeks seem to take its time... I feel so tired now. DH starts to think I'm a complainer now (I usually don't talk about any discomfort)... Everyday, he's been hearing me complaining how I can't get on the bed and out of bed without any discomfort. Then of course, my hands have tingling sensations so I wake up every 2 hours during hours of sleep.... SIGH... crossing my fingers that things will move smoothly for me because my first pregnancy went so smoothly!
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