Mixed Messages

So, as you may know I am being induced on Friday at 37 weeks. This is due to high blood pressure, and mild pre-eclampsia. My BP has been high since my Doc checked at 9 weeks pregnant. I equated that high BP to my nervousness about hearing the heartbeat for the first time and being worried that everything was ok. Of course, after that, I knew he was looking at it and therefore was always nervous in his office.

Cue the 24 hour urine collection. Oh the joy of it! My Doc said it was necessary because a sign of pre-eclamsia is high BP. If mine was already high, then they would need another sign to show if I was pre-eclamptic.

A few weeks ago, my urine tested high for protein, and then again 2 weeks later. To be cautious and not take any chances, an induction was scheduled for 37 weeks. Doc doesn't want to put my health at risk if the baby is just fine and ready. Apparently at 37 weeks I am considered full term. Of course I still worry about him and how he will do when he makes his appearance. We will see.

Flash forward to my level 2 ultrasound on Monday. My high risk OB said that I am an 'interesting' case. He doesn't think I have pre-eclampsia. He said if he was worried about it he wouldn't let me walk the street. He said that the first urine I did was high. That was done during that first trimester when your levels should be the same they were before I was pregnant. Therefore, my levels were high even when I wasn't pregnant, or so he thinks.

I then asked him if maybe there was something off with my kidneys that had nothing to do with the pregnancy and he said this was very well possible. He said that since I was feeling fine, my BP was normal (I told him about the nurse taking it every day), and the baby was perfect, he doesn't think it has anything to do with the pregnancy. I get the feeling that he wouldn't be inducing me on Friday, but he said it wouldn't hurt anything. He said some babies have some trouble breathing, but the majority are fine.

I wish I could keep him in a little longer to ensure his lungs are mature enough, but I guess I don't have a choice. Just pray that I have a smooth delivery and little Patrick is healthy and can come home right away. I will worry about my own kidneys sometime later!