Posts by ComplexOphelia

Sending lots, lots, LOTS of love and ELV your way!!  I'm so excited for Popcorn to join us Earthside!

Low-dose pitocin is the only thing we've talked about, although the Foley cath. has come up with another doctor - but, honestly, I'm terrified of the Foley.  I think the plan is to use the pitocin just to ripen my cervix enough...

Thanks so much for the love, everyone!   Some of my initial excitement has subsided and I'm feeling nervous about VBAC with any synthetic oxytocin at all.  Of course it's the weekend, so I can't talk to my doctor about it...

Oh, Mama, huuuuge hugs.  I don't have PIH this time, but I'm chronic hypertensive, so my BP has been an issue this whole time, and it's just such a huge pain.   I can't read without saying that I would, at this point,...

...well, maybe.   So, my practice has three different doctors, all of whom I see for appointments depending on who's available.  At my last one, I saw a doctor who I love, and VBAC came up when I told her I was trying to...

So glad that you are informed and an advocate for yourself and your family, avoiding major surgery that isn't necessary right now.  I can't believe that your mw didn't advocate careful monitoring at this point, rather than an...

Smeep, just so you know, the Brewer diet is completely ineffective with regards to pre-e (the biological mechanism he says causes pre-e - which he calls "toxemia" - has been disproven).  Anecdotally, I personally can...

Honestly, I am still really enjoying this special time with little one - but I am also soooo sick of being on pre-e watch, doing my blood pressure twice a day, driving an hour and a half both ways to my OB's office weekly, and all the...

Baby boy has had a growth spurt, and so has my belly - after getting all of two stretch marks on my hips through this whole pregnancy, I've now got MAJOR ones on the bottom of my stomach, and they itch.  All.  The. Time....

I'm glad you're in touch with your body, recognized symptoms, and acted on them when you were worried!  Pre-e is scary, obviously, and I think that means that lots of women don't act on it when they see symptoms.  Good labs...