This is it. I'm in the hospital until I deliver these babies. I went to my NST yesterday, and everything was fine. I had a small ultrasound, and everything was fine. Then they sent me to see a doctor to follow up on my hospital visit. My blood pressure was down to where it usually is, so I thought I was good to go...nope.
The doctor discussed with me the fact that my urine had 400 grams of protein when 300 is baseline. He explained that this meant that I did have preeclampsia which could affect many bodily systems. The protein in the urine indicates that the preeclampsia is affecting my kidneys, but I currently have no other symptoms of problems from preeclampsia. Due to the complicated nature of my pregnancy in general, and now with the preeclampsia on top, he recommended that I be put in the hospital for monitoring until delivery. He called the director of maternal fetal medicine to get a second opinion, and he agreed.
"Same plan, different location," is how he described it when he came back in. They are still planning to deliver at 32 weeks, but they want me in the hospital until then. He explained that the preeclampsia can worsen overnight, and they would not want me to be at home if that were to happen. As much as I really don't want to be in the hospital, I think it is probably the best precaution. I guess I'm lucky to have stayed out of the hospital this long. Many doctors put mothers of momo twins in the hospital automatically at 28 weeks, if not before. If there are any major changes in my condition, they will deliver right away, so now we just hope everything is okay until the 17th.
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