Anyone else preeclampsia?

[lilliansmom]

The doctor thinks he may want to induce me pending some lab work for preeclampsia. I was so hoping to have a natural start to labor this time. With DD#1 I started spilling protein at 37 weeks and my blood pressure was higher and higher by 38 weeks 6 days the DR was worried about preeclampsia so he induced. P was so intense...it was only 4 hours....but wow. I am only at 37 weeks 3days not due until the 30th. I started spilling protein at 35 weeks and it is progressively getting worse. I am 4 dilated so I hope that means my body has started something on it's own. So I am starting the 24 hour lab test to check for high levels on protein. No fun. I was looking forward to spending the next couple of weeks with my 3 year old DD. I hate the idea of inducing...just ug.

[mom2tatum]

rest rest rest. drink drink drink water. Eat tons of high protein meals and healthy calories to hopefully not spill as much protein in your urine and calm the dr. down a bit. Headaches, too? I'd say no way to dr unless there are some much clearer signs that it is causing you problems. And if I felt freeked out a bit by anything he says, than push for induction WITHOUT Pit. If I were at home, I'd take castor oil before anything else at the hospital...then let them try cervidil or something not as dangerous as pit or cytotec and let them think the cervidil started labor. Pit is just the entryway to everything else that can lead to things going wrong, and an unneccessary c section, if you ask me...

good luck.

[lilliansmom]

Thanks I will eat healthy as I can. I will push for an induction with out pit if we have to go there.