They took my second out at 36 weeks and she was in the nicu for a day and a half because she was grunting.. turns out that was just her way. lol. She came home with me the day I left though.. no significant nicu time. If everything goes according to plan this time and I can get to 36 weeks again, th...

thank you so much for your replies.. they did make me feel a little better!

did your fingers look swollen at that point too?? I know that might sound wierd because they were.. but mine look swollen too like from the knuckle down you can tell they are.. and they get really hot and red during the day at different points.. ugh.. I just don't think this is a good sign

also.. I really didn't eat a lot of salt at all yesterday! and they are still just as swollen (

I don't understand.. I have NO swelling anywhere else yet my fingers get ENORMOUS every night.. They usually go back down to normal in the morning but it's been taking them longer and longer to do that... I've been up for a while now and I don't feel like they've gone down at all! Is it normal for y...

a couple of weeks ago I got a little swelling in my fingers. It went away and didn't rear its ugly head again until this morning. I woke up and ( I am only 19 weeks btw) my fingers were pretty swollen but nothing else was. About two hours after I woke up they were back down to normal again. I just d...

thanks! BTW, does anyone know if just measuring creatinine can tell you whether you are preeclamptic?

So I saw a doc that wasn't my regular high risk ob on my first appt. they ordered baseline tests done but only did baseline bloodwork for creatinine and things. They never did a 24 hour urine and I don't know why but I guess I just thought the creatinine was enough. I am about 19 weeks now.. Should ...

congratulations!! I am so happy for you!

Okay so my bp has been low to normal lately it can range anywhere from 98/48 to 114/65 which I am very happy with! I went to the doc today though ( my gp, who did take bp over my shirt sleeve) and it was 120/85 which is a pretty big jump on the bottom especially... I went to pick up my kids at my gr...