Tuesday, January 25, 2011

How the Journey Began....

So I feel like I have to back up and start this at the beginning say July of 2008....I always had borderline high blood pressure but when I got pregnant with Chloe that is when this fun really began.....It was a crazy pregnancy and I was a crazy pregnant person thinking I was invincible and I could conquer anything until that crazy cold Feb night when I went to my 34 week check-up...Right to labor and delivery I went....Even then I didn't think or want to hear that I would need to do something different.  I had a fun stay that consisted of tons of blood work and steriod shots which all my lady friends who have had kids and experienced this would know yes this is for speeding up lung development on the baby but feels like acid is being injected into you...I went home being told bedrest- for me at that point was just take it easy I thought..I returned on Tuesday morning again and this time my walk to Labor and Delivery for my 183/105 BP I was told I was not leaving without a baby...I remember calling my husband and making him stop at target to by my breast pump, I am sort of a planner you see and all this early business I still wasnt ready...He did as he was told and we watched a crazy c-section video that we still laugh about that I believe was filmed before we were born:) I then took a super fun/expensive ambulance ride to another hospital to deliver my daughter because my local hospital really likes you to be 36 weeks ( I was one day shy-seriously painful).  I ended up fine and so did she, small but came out hollering so we were good.

Since having Chloe I swear I have had every test imaginable to see why I have high bp and I can say at least in this process I have a strong heart thanks to several treadmill stress tests, have low or in good range body fat-that's a bonus, all my organs are good and even after a little c-section scar tissue clean and explore I was cleared for having another baby....Really with no answers as to why except if you asky my husband maybe a little crazy!!

August 2010-We are having another baby and again the blood pressure spikes to crazy high levels again 180's/100's- saw a specialist and already see a high risk OB and all we can do is decide in the next few weeks if I should stay pregnant and can meds bring it down enough to keep it stable?? 12 Weeks- I am still high but better and we decided to keep going and decide at 16 weeks what we should do...

October 2010-Not really a fun month- I am the type of person that has a lot going on and will always have a lot going on, I like it that way but this pressure along with work was a lot to handle....I will myself to make this right, Chloe wants a sibling and we are attached too.  We have some good conversation and my pressures are more stable so we forge on....

November 2010-Pretty good month- I am busy at work, still working out which is a big deal to me its my stress relief and my pressures are good...I see DR every 2 weeks....Baby looks great on each ultra sound we do:)

December 2010-This is where it all goes down hill....I love working and it's holiday season again that "I am invincible" things takes over....My Dr tells me to take it easy as I can and my pressures are going up.  I only can add one or two more pills which no one wants to do at this point because that is our last counter measure

January 2011-When you are talking to your Dr and the conversation is this you know it's bad:
DR: 'Thought you were going to slow down at work and be less stressed'
Me: 'maybe you should define slow down and I should so we can see if we're even close"

We were not even in the same ball park-Needless to say he was right and I was wrong which lead to another fun hospital trip after crazy headaches and BP that would not go down. 

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