39+3 weeks and had a constant headache for 2 days straight

39+3 weeks and had a constant headache for two days. I’ve tried to sleep it off today but I’ve woken up from a nap and it’s straight there

Didn’t think anything of it at first but when I’ve looked at Google (I know I shouldn’t) it’s telling me potential pre eclampsia

When I look into pre eclampsia I have a feeling it’s something I may have that’s been missed

Symptoms:
Blurred vision (I’ve previously been told to go in due to blurred vision and they palmed me off saying I was doing too much)
Protein in wee (it’s happened at the day unit and midwife appointments in the past but they’ve just made me do another sample and everything seemed fine and they’ve sent me home)
High blood pressure (I was at the day unit a couple weeks ago after my growth scan and they told me my blood pressure was high and they may need to do it again but never did and I got sent home)
And now these headaches

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Phone triage ASAP lovely to get checked ❤️

Yeah I’d phone triage because that seems like too many symptoms of pre eclampsia! Sending you all the luck ❤️

I’ve spoken to the midwife who has advised me to take some paracetamol and ring back later 🙃x

I rang and she’s just palmed me off with taking some paracetamol 🙃x

It definitely sounds like you might do :/ I’ve had regular headaches/blurred vision throughout pregnancy but have constantly had fine urine & low blood pressure which I’ve been told are the main symptoms so if you’ve got high blood pressure I’d ask for that to be checked again! Good luck - I’m lucky my mum was a midwife as I’ve had pretty useless midwife care too tbh 🙈 trust your own instincts

Ring triage now lovely, this same thing happened to me and not to panic you but I ended up being induced and my symptoms were also missed. I knew it wasn’t right and went back and forth to the hospital 3 times last Sunday. Don’t let them fob you off, I felt like I was being a pain but I’m so glad I did as it was preeclampsia and he needed to be born asap. Good luck xxx

That’s terrible you’ve phoned them. I went for a midwife appointment today and had raised BP and mentioned I’ve had a slight headache but felt quite sinusey. I’ve been sent to triage to be monitored. I would phone back and insist on being checked over. You know you’re body better than anyone. If you feel it’s been overlooked push to go in xx

don’t ring just to in so they have to see and check you. Be firm with them as you could put you and baby at risk! They have palmed me off before but I put my foot down and made them see me by just going there anyways advised but my midwife I may add and they then saw me and monitored me. Mine wasn’t pre clamp but still needed monitoring.

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Oh my God, oh my God I hope this is not true!!!! I’m kind of scared

I’ve been throwing up and taking a shit all night!!! I just hope that it’s not what I think it is

Small head reported following 20 week scan

Has anyone else had it flagged that their baby is in the bottom 5th percentile for head size?

They said everything was fine whilst we were in the scan and then I got a phone call the next day saying that it’s on the small side and we’re being referred to a paediatric specialist at St George’s. Has anyone else had this and how did things go??

Would you bring 9 week old to a family party of 35+ people?

These are also people who will want to pass the baby around and get a turn to hold him. He just got his 2 month shots two days ago

Exercise 6 weeks after c section

What movement did people start to introduce? I won’t do anything too vigorous until I’ve seen the pelvic physio as I don’t want to compromise anything that may have been extremely weakened through pregnancy! But just wondering what types of classes/movement people started off with?

It’s my birthday tomorrow.

Ok so I am going to be 35 years young. I can’t believe how much this life has thrown at me but it’s okay I’m a survivor. I am truly blessed to be alive. 🥳🧁🎂 The only downside is I won’t be celebrating my birthday because my man can’t take me out. So many emotions right now.

Induction experience

I just wanted to share my experience with being induced as I wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it may help others.

I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

I then had my first dose of the gel and definitely noticed a difference, I started experiencing period like cramps almost immediately however they were light and manageable. After 6 hours I had another cervix check and although my cervix was soft it was still only 1cm and was only open at the front. I had another dose of the gel and felt an increase in pressure and more intense cramping where I now required pain relief (codeine). After another 6 hours I had another cervix check and I had now dilated to 2-3cm however was still quite difficult to get all the way through so a third gel was recommended which I agreed to.

Almost immediately I noticed the difference and was in considerable pain, I had paracetamol and codeine however the contractions had now become intense and a lot closer together (around 3 minutes apart). After a couple of hours I had my last cervix check and was 4cm and taken down to the Labour ward to have my waters broken and an epidural.

I had been in my room for approx 20minutes when my waters broke by themselves and I was now 10cm and actively pushing…. There was no time for the epidural and my beautiful girl arrived into the world within 2 minutes of pushing.

All in all I would say the cramps/contractions were manageable up until the third gel where it became pretty unbearable however it was for a very short time a gas and air helped take the edge off. The worst part about any of it was actually the later cervix checks where after stimulating the cervix my contractions were at their most painful.

If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

One more thing, I’ve never believed when people say “you forget the pain once they’re here” but I can honestly say this is true. It’s been 4 days and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.