Joining the bedrest crew.....

I'm 30 weeks 1 day with boy/girl twins. I had my 30 week appt on Friday. I'm not only dealing with elevated BP, but I'm trying to pass a kidney stone, also.....
I was in the hospital from Friday noon to Saturday 6pm to attempt to flush out the stone with IV fluids (no luck). My BP behaved while in the hospital. Received the two steroid doses, too.
Baby girl is only at 10% of expected weight, down from 25% at previous ultrasound. Baby boy is holding on, he's at 40%, down from 50%....need to fatten these babies up!

As of now, looks like a c-section at 36 weeks due to baby girl presenting with her butt! just hope and pray to fatten both up before their arrival.

I'll catch up on other posts tomorrow......typing on laptop is bed is not fun, but grateful for wireless!

Jennie

 

Hope everything goes okay for you!

 

Cute baby names! Welcome to the crew! Good luck fattening your babies up, and keep us posted.

 

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Cute baby names! Welcome to the crew! Good luck fattening your babies up, and keep us posted.


thanks for the welcome. I've had a whirlwind week....in the hospital Tuesday early AM to Friday morning.....thought I was developing peripartum cardiomyopathy. SCARY TIMES. Luckily, it was just excess fluid and the start of preeclampsia. Taking it day by day, growing babies is my main priority.

I'm on procardia.....the headache and visual changes are unbearable...but I've been taking it early in the morning, then going back to sleep and sleeping through the agony. Hopefully the headache will subside as I build up drug levels.

Jennie

 

I had post-natal kidney stones and the IV flush did not work for me, but fortunately, my body reabsorbed the calcium, so I never actually passed any stones (11 total)!

You might already be doing this, but try to drink Ensure with Protein. I was drinking it 3x per day, and it helps with weight wait. Not to mention, it is packed with nutritian if your diet isn't diverse.

Hang in there!