I didn't have a premie but I struggled with nursing my son for the first few wks. I used motherlove.com's more milk plus supplement which was a huge help several times and saved my supply. I also power pumped - set up the pump and every hour or so during the day, pump for 5-10 mins for a day or so o...

Let your OB/MFM know. I have chronic floaters anyway due to another medical condition, but when my floaters went from gray shadowy streaks that lasted 10-30 secs to "camera flashes" and "glittery sparkles" the drs became quite concerned... the glittery sparkles would last just a few seconds and woul...

Oh, my, sounds like my daughter. is always on the go, historically found/finds it difficult to sleep, hates loud noises, hates being strapped in the car, hates clothes, etc My daughter must run on some wonderful batteries, she's either sleeping or running around. Sleep is an issue, getting her down ...

I was diagnosed PIH at about 32 wks too. I had weekly US/BPP/NST until about 36 wks and then it was twice wkly. I was also at L&D every other wk until 36 wks when I was in 2-3 times a wk due to BPs not coming down with bedrest. I was never medicated. My BPs were usually 140-150s/90-110s, and during ...

I had undiagnosed/untreated PE and IUGR with daughter in 2005, which activated a dormant eye condition which is now chronic. With my PIH pregnancy with my son in 2009, my vision changed included a glittery sparkly floater in addition to regular shadowy floaters and flashes of light. The glittery spa...

I had flashing lights and twinkles/glitter in my vision field. It comes with optic nerve involvement due to the swelling from PE/PIH. For me, the flashing lights looked like someone was taking my picture w/ a camera, only there was no camera. :) Sometimes I'd sit in the dark and have these constant ...

My OB told me an arm cuff is more accurate than a wrist cuff, that being said however, when I got an arm cuff he had me bring it to my next appt and they compared my consumer unit with the clinics (waiting a few mins between readings w/ no movement between). They were within a few pts of eachother -...

First, like PP said, your BP needs to be taken while seated upright, upper arm at heart level, feet flat on floor, after sitting quietly for a minute or two. Refuse to lay down on left side, tell them that you have severe heartburn that makes you nauseous if you lay down (I always said this at L&D, ...

In the US you can just go into L&D for feeling bad - you can tell them you feel fluish or bad headache. I always felt Flu-ish when my BPs were high, with or without a headache. They can monitor your BPs and baby activity better in L&D anyway, and being in a hospital bed is more comfortable than a cl...

I'm not a dr by any means, but those high BPs definitely need a closer look by a high-risk OB (also called MFM), failing that an OB with plenty of experience handling PE should be monitoring your care. Those 180s have me plenty worried for you, I hope you're on some form of bedrest? You should be on...