So this is where we are at in the pregnancy. Coming up on 24 weeks, and boy has it been a journey. Until recently, the actually pregnancy wasn’t bad, I got really sick in the beginning with something that wasn’t related to being pregnant at all.
When I was 11 weeks pregnant, the outside part of my ear blew up 3 times or more the size it normally is. Then my face on that side blew up. Back and forth to one doctor, another doctor, until I was finally put in the hospital for IV antibiotics. They released me after 3 days with a pic line that I had to administer IV antibiotics on my own at home every 6 hours for another week and a half.
After that? Bell’s Palsey on that side of my face. Couldn’t move my eye, my mouth, my nose, just on half my face. That lasted about 3 weeks, thanks to my chiropractor, that was about 3 weeks less then the doctors had anticipated.
Ok, so after all that finally calmed down, and believe me it took quite awhile to get my strength back and get back to normal, I did good for a few weeks.
Fast forward to about 2 weeks ago. I started feeling really off. I felt like I couldn’t hold my own weight to stand up. Blinding headaches, went to the doctor, my blood pressure was 150/100. So, on to bed rest we go. Had to do that 24 hour urine collection to test for protien.
They got the results back and I have elevated protien. Which though it hasn’t hit the 300 mark yet to diagnose with preeclampsia, and hopefully won’t, is cause for concern cuz that doesn’t usually show up til later. I still had 17 weeks to go the day they called me, that’s a long time for the numbers to have the chance to go up, and they said, they do go up. Lovely. It’s also a long time for bedrest with a 7 year old that I just took off ritalin and I’m trying to help the school with him being medicine free, and a 2 year old who really doesn’t get why mommy isn’t up playing.
So, I was hysterical for a few hours. My neice was born 10 1/2 weeks early. She was 1 lb 13 oz and 13 inches long. This was due to preeclampsia. Though now she is a happy, healthy, beautiful 5 year old, I’ve never seen a baby fight so hard to live. And when they gave me my results that’s all I could think about.
After I was done being hysterical, I decided to do my research. There are studies that show extra calcium, vitamin C, and vitamin E, on top of a woman’s prenatals, has been shown to possible help lower protien levels. So, I called my OB, who had read the same studies, and said, it wouldn’t hurt me to try. And if it helped, all the better. But, no to the vitamin E, because too much vitamin E can be dangerous for the liver and toxic. So, on top of the prenatal, I’m taking an extra calcium and an extra vitamin C, hoping that when I go in Sept 6 my blood pressure will be fine and the protien will either go down or remain the same.
I also see the most wonderful chiropractor in the world. And you thought it was all about pain in the back. Nope, my kids used to be so sick all the time, since we started seeing him, they are rarely sick, and when they are, I take them in, get adjusted and the symptoms are usually gone in a few hours. Plus, Jordan’s ADHD symptoms have reduced dramatically after being adjusted for a few months and is now off of medication.
He adjusted me right before my last appointment and my blood pressure went from 150/100 to 138/62. Drastic change. So, here’s hoping with everything we are doing, I won’t be on bed rest for that long.
They told me if I had to go anywhere that I had to use a wheel chair, and I can’t imagine chasing my two kids with a wheel chair.
So, wish us luck over here!
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