Friday, March 19, 2010

A list of things I'm hooked up to right now...

*IV line (4 bags currently)
*Epidural line
*Automatic blood pressure cuff
*Squeeze-y leg thingies (to prevent blood clots)
*Catheter

That last one's a doozy.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Not exactly what I expected...

So I'm in the hospital.

However, I am not in labor.

I went in for my regularly scheduled OB appointment this afternoon, and my blood pressure set off some alarm bells. It was really high--especially since I normally have blood pressure on the low end. So they sent me to get some labs done, and the labs came out...poorly.

Turns out, I have preeclampsia.

They categorized it as "severe", meaning that I'm hooked up to "The Mag" (Magnesium) and they are inducing labor. As our OB told us, we aren't leaving the hospital without a baby. Fortunately, the Goober is at term (38-1/2 weeks) so this isn't such a bad thing for her.

I, on the other hand, feel kind of like crap.

Updates as events warrant.