On June 12th I had an early Dr's appointment. Isaiah and Gabe were still asleep, so I decided to drive myself. I had to be on the road by 7:30 to have time to stop and get coffee!!!!
I honestly didn't want to go to this appointment, I had to go up there every week and this appointment was just to check my vitals and meet with my Dr. Pretty standard and boring.
I got to my appointment and first things first. I had to pee in a cup and get weighed. Ugh....my two favorite things to do. As if the number on the scale wasn't bad enough I had to stand on it backwards because my belly was HUGE and making the scale off balance!!!! The medical assistant walked me to the room and tested my urine for protein and took my blood pressure. Everything seemed fine. She left and to my surprise my Dr came right in.
He had me lay down and asked how I was feeling. I said "tired, but normal". He asked what I did before my appointment. "well it's 8:45 in the morning so I got up and came here". He said your blood pressure is 160/100 and you have 3+ protein in your urine. I didn't know what that ment so I asked "is that bad"? he said "Yes it can be, I need you to drink some water and lay here for 10 min while I monitor you. If your blood pressure rises were having babies today because your in danger of have a seizure and that's dangerous for both you and babies".
I was thinking crap gabes at home sleeping, he won't hear his phone so I'm going to have babies by myself today. Thankfully my blood pressure went down to 150/90, still high but not crossing that line of being too dangerous. My Dr said even though it's lower I'm admitting you and you will be on strict bed rest until your babies are born.
I was just thinking what am I going to do. Gabe works and I have Isaiah I need to take care of. We had a plan and this was not it. I felt fine, I mean I was super swollen but I can manage. I really thought I was going to make it the whole way without bedrest! Plus this ment I was going to have three newborns soon. I was freaking out.
So I walked next door and got myself admitted into the hospital, and that's when the fun began. I had two IVs put in after multiple attempt since my veins were being "ghost veins". I had a 24 hour urine collection ( everytime I went pee it had to be measured) which never ended. The babies had to be monitored 3 times a day for an hour that would turn into 3-4 hours because baby A and C liked to play hide in go seek with the nurses and endless vital checks.
I was finely diagnosed with preeclampsia. They were managing my blood pressure by medication fluid and bed rest. For example if I walked 5 feet to the bathroom my blood pressure would sky rocket, the Dr explained it as my body was constantly running a marathon even while laying down. The weirdest part was when I could feel my heart flutter and feel the un even beats. I was being pumped full of fluids through ivs and drinking tons of water, but I hardly had to use the restroom because my kidneys were shutting down. This is also known as toximia and the only cure is to deliver.
This was just the beginning of the end. It was scary exciting nerve racking so many emotions at the same time. my Dr wanted to schedule my c section for 35 weeks. That's only 9 more days. I knew it was better for the babies to stay in but I honestly just wanted them out. My body hurt the bed was uncomfortable I was bored it hurt to breath and I missed my son. There's only so much to do in the hospital for 9 days.
33 weeks 5 days day before being admitted and last belly picture
28 weeks 6 days
day of my baby shower
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