Anyone here been diagnosed with preeclampsia? I'm 30 weeks today. My feet and ankles have been swollen for a couple months now, but yesterday my blood pressure went up some and my face (mostly my eyes) and hands started swelling some. I also feel like I may have a cold (sinus related - I've had a lot of drainage the last few weeks). This morning the swelling is down, but I don't have a BP monitor, so I can't check that myself. I've tried to call my dr this morning, but it's just going to the after hours line. Is this something I should be concerned about? I already have an appt scheduled for Monday afternoon, would you wait til then or try to get in today? They close at 12 today, so since I haven't been able to get ahold of an actual person, that may be a problem.
I'm thinking someone at the office forgot to take off the call FWD this morning! I would try and contact someone today but I'm not sure how you would do it. Is the after hours line just a voicemail or do they have live operators on the other end? Maybe you can call and get a message through, and also let them know their still on after hours!
You definitely need to get in touch with them ASAP. Pre-e is really nothing at all to mess with!
Ditto this. It can be hard to tell the difference between pre-e and normal pg swelling, but pre-e is nothing to mess around with. I would def keep calling or just show up if you can since they close early today.
Thanks, all. I got through, have a message back to the nurse but haven't heard back yet. I live about an hour away, so I'm figuring if they want me checked out I'll have to go to the hospital, so that sucks.
Ditto others and just wanted to point out that You could go to a drugstore to check your BP also. I work next to a cvs and walked there everyday to check my BP in the later part of my pg.
You could go to a drugstore to check your BP also.
I would do this too. I don't want to alarm you, but one of my cousins have just come on very suddenly about a week ago. Better safe than sorry, I would go check.
Post by catsarecute on Mar 7, 2014 12:36:03 GMT -5
I'm glad you posted this. My swelling started yesterday and while it isn't as bad as last night, it is still there today so I went down to the local hospital that I belong to (not my normal office but same provider) and had my urine and BP checked.
They called back. They didn't seem concerned about the swelling, asked me if I'd been having headaches or vision changes, which I haven't. She wants me to check my blood pressure 3-4 times a day this weekend and if it goes up to 140-150/90 and stays there I'm supposed to go to labor and delivery and be checked. Hopefully all will stay well and everything will be fine at my appt on Monday.