High BP and protein in urine in pregnancy!!!!!!

[MrsHuxtable]

I'm really wondering if this pregnancy is doomed. I'm only 15 weeks and have just come through the worst of hyperemesis. This morning I went to the doctors and my blood pressure was a little too high (1st reading 139/96, 2nd reading 146/96). I also had ++ protein inmy urine and because I've had headaches in the last couple of days, the GP is worried now. I need to go back tomorrow and if the results are the same, she said she has to send me into hospital. I have seen the same GP a lot and she never seemed so worried as this morning.

Surely this is too early for pre-eclampsia? What else could it be? I also have only one kidney which makes me even more worried that this could be something really serious, that I can't keep going with this pregnancy for example or that I will suffer lasting kidney damage.

Could this all be a coincidence? Like the BP was high because I have problems with my boss and am very stressed due to that, the protein is due to a small infection and the headache happened just randomly?

If this was already pre-eclampsia now, what would that mean? It's all so scary...

Has anyone else had this???

[Larold]

Oh MrsH I am so sorry, you must be really worried.
I had the same problem at 31 weeks pregnant - v high bp and protein in my urine, I also had flashing lights in my vision -headache. Unfortunately it did turn out to be pre-eclampsia and my baby was born by emergency cs the same afternoon! The 'baby' is now 17 so it all worked out ok in the end.

Hopefully after a rest in hospital your bp will come down and you will be ok.

Good luck and I will be thinking about you tomorrow. I know how scared you must feel. x

[GiveMeStrength2day]

I don't really know anything about anything but here's my experience! I was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia at around 18 weeks (I hadn't had any symptoms, just a consultant-lead pregnancy due to other things). Basically it meant I had to attend the Day Assessment Unit every few days for BP & urine protein check plus blood tests approximately once a week. I also was put on the monitor (can't remember what it's called - CGT? CTG?) to check DD's heart rate. I also had to do several 24 hour urine samples (had to put every single drop of wee into a big bottle over 24 hours). Pregnancy also seriously disagreed with me and whilst I was never sick, I continually felt dreadful (off work from 9 weeks PG to birth!). I think that was just me though and the two weren't linked. I got to 35 weeks and my consultant said given my general unwellness plus the pre-eclampsia they would perform a CS (5 days after appointment). As luck would have it, I had a DAU appt the next day which I decided to keep and they found that DD's heart-rate had dropped so I ended up having an emergency CS that evening. We'll never know if it was what midwives suspected, which was DD was having a good old squeeze of umbilical cord which was giving worrying readings! DD was fine though

Anyway, after all that rambling, what I'm saying is that IF you do have pre-eclampsia, better to find out now and you'll be referred to a consultant and then closely monitored. You may be prescribed BP tablets. My friend had undiagnosed P/E and, whilst she went pretty much to term and her DD was fine, DD was tiny tiny as her blood supply via the cord had been compromised.

Hope that helps!