Hi there all,
Sorry, I don't search for 'hub' in text or subject and I rarely look at active convos, so it took me a while to find this.
Was gonna post in July antenatal but I've got some catching up...
Yeah, dw felt unwell night before last. Unusally high bp. Took her into the hossie labour ward for monitor / trace / urine / bloods etc. She spent the night inside (which she hated as she was in the postnatal ward with all the shiny new babies when she was perhaps worrying about her health and that of bean, and also she doesn't like sleeping alone anyway), oh, and partners can't stay the night either...
Anyhoo, I cheekily faxed the named consultant in the AM to advise that Queen Dee had been admitted so that the consultant was 'in the loop' so to speak. (I didn't want her being ignored). The postnatal ward is not really geared to close obs of pg laydees (geddit ?) so I had to hassle the midwives a fair amount to attempt to get regular BP checks, traces, visit from a doc etc. I'm sure they all hate me, but she saw a doc at 2AM, with high BP, and I was not too impressed that her next visit was at 1:30 the next afternoon.
In the end as there was a possibility the bean was small (according to a palpating mw / doc) we were also referred for a scan. Bean was bang on for dates, with a slim tummy and long femur (we're short and fat) so she is officially miraculous.
I've got Dee on bed rest, meditative mantra music, and I'm checking her BP occasionally. She vomitted a few times in the night so I'm hoping it was just some odd bug, but we'll keep a close eye for any early signs of PE.
OK. I better go tend to her every need ('Hello' and 'Oprah' magazines).
x