pre-e

[mamarootoo]

geez... i think i was not meant to have a natural birth... ever!

dd1 was footling breech from 20 weeks on and never moved regardless of doing everything in our power to convince her.

this baby is in a great position to birth naturally... this time it's my body that won't cooperate.

for the past month i've been dealing with a pregnancy-reactivated asthma. i'm on my third round of oral steroids, and this time the pulmonologist decided i just need to stay on them at a medium dose until i give birth. even the medium dose isn't taking care of things completely, though. it's just keeping it controlled to the point where my O2 sats stay high enough to keep baby happy

today i had a midwife appointment, and it turns out that i'm developing pre-e. my blood pressure is up to 140/86 and i'm spilling protein, which i was last week too.

anyway, my midwife and i talked about it for quite a while, and basically decided that a repeat c-section is the safest way to go. even if the pre-e were to magically disappear (not likely since the steroids are helping it along) my lungs aren't in any shape to deal with labor and birth.

we're hoping i'll make it to 37 weeks which will be two weeks from tomorrow.

i'm a little bummed, because this is my last bio baby, and i'll never experience labor. but honestly, i'm just glad to have the option to deliver safely. i plan on having another beautiful belly birth, and a healthy baby.

i have to admit... after struggling to breathe for a month, i'm a little relieved that it will be over soon. i'm just hoping against hope that the pulmonologist is right when he says the asthma will go away as soon as i have the baby!

[MayBaby2007]

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I'm sorry you're not going to get the birth you've dreamed about You have an amazing positive outlook on it though. Keep up your positive vibes and take care of you the best you can.

Congrats on the new bundle that will be here soon. to you mama.

[lotus.blossom]

's mama. I'm so sorry you have been dealing with all this. Sounds like your midwife is right. Breathing is an important part of labor and if its difficult for you to breathe on a daily basis it'll be quite hard when labor gets going. I hope that your BP stays in check and that you lil one can cook for another couple weeks!!

[Asher]

Wishing you a quick and easy recovery.

[j_p_i]

sorry you are going through all this mama. You have a great attitude though, take care of yourself!

[CookAMH]

I hope they're right too re: asthma. It's so unsettling to not be able to fully breathe.

I'm glad you have a great perspective on this and feel for you that you won't have a natural birth. Someone else mentioned a book on here that maybe you wouldn't need as much since you've had a c-sec before and know what it's like, but it's about preparing for one and making it the best experience possible. The advantage you have is you can prepare for it and basically "mourn" your loss of natural birth and be ready for the surgery. Can't wait to see your LO and hear how it goes .

[mamayarn]

[mamarootoo]

thanks so much for the kind words ladies

Originally Posted by CookAMH

I hope they're right too re: asthma. It's so unsettling to not be able to fully breathe.

I'm glad you have a great perspective on this and feel for you that you won't have a natural birth. Someone else mentioned a book on here that maybe you wouldn't need as much since you've had a c-sec before and know what it's like, but it's about preparing for one and making it the best experience possible. The advantage you have is you can prepare for it and basically "mourn" your loss of natural birth and be ready for the surgery. Can't wait to see your LO and hear how it goes .

i know which book you're talking about because i was the one who suggested it!
it is so good to know before it happens. i think it would be so much harder to labor and then have an emergency c-section, with no time to prepare or process it.

[surprisedmama]

Hugs Laura I hope everything works out. Take it easy mama!