Pregnancy Story

I was blessed to have a relatively healthy and happy pregnancy. I only had morning sickness for the first 8 weeks and only got sick twice. At 18 weeks we found out our little jellybean was a boy.

 (18 weeks, 2 days)

All tests that I complied with came back great and our little boy was growing well. I found out midway through the pregnancy I was Rh- but had no complications from it. During my routine 35 week appointment my blood pressure spiked and I was sent to labor and delivery for monitoring. Within an hour my BP had returned to normal and I was sent home. The same thing happened at my 36 week appointment and I was again sent for monitoring. I was ordered a 24 hour urinalysis for a protein count and scheduled another appointment for the end of the week. During the end of the week appointment my BP was 190/80; extremely high for a young, otherwise healthy, pregnant woman. I was having horrible, pounding headaches and my vision was blurred or spotted a majority of the time. My urinalysis results had been returned. An average protein count in a "normal" person is anything below 300. Mine was 1500. I had developed pre-eclampsia and it was progressing very fast. Since I was now 37 weeks, I was considered full term even though I was three weeks shy of my due date. This meant induction was now an option as a cure for the pre-e.