32nd week of hell.

Well, maybe I'm exaggerating with the title but it's come pretty close!

It's not been a good week ~ actually, it's been a terrifying one :(

Everything was fine (well, relatively!) up until wednesday and then the fun began!

Thursday morning, I woke up in absolute agony with my Carpal Tunnel.... that's not unusual, although this day it was even worse. After a while it calmed down a little and so I went to my last day of work. I was feeling a bit off all day but put it down to just being exhausted, as the sciatica, pelvic prob and Carpal Tunnel have resulted in very very little sleep.

Later that night, I feel quite ill and my legs and ankles were just columns of fluid. I felt hot, had a bad headache and just didn't feel 'right'. I called the hospital to check if I should go in or just wait to see my GP the following day. Given the symptoms I had, I was told to go straight in as pre-eclampsia can come on rapidly, particulary with a twin pregnancy.

I go to hospital and my BP was elevated and I was passing proteins ~ both bad signs. I, being me, began to panic and the fear set in. Even the thought of being induced at 32 weeks was enough to scare me ... I just don't want these babies out yet!!!

The following morning, my BP was back to normal, the headache gone and the sickness also gone. I was able to go home but needed to go back the following day (yesterday) to have my obs done (just in case).

Soooooo, I left the hospital and off to Kara's sports day I went! Then the fun continued....

At school, the sickness came back and I ended up going to the school's sick bay lol. Within an hour or so, I was vomiting and developed strong lower back pain and 'contractions' ~ again, there was more panic. After 20 mins or so, they seemed to have stopped but the school had already called an ambulance, so they checked me over and fortunately, my BP was ok. Sue (the best support person in the world!!!!) took me to hospital but I left after a few hours. BP was fine, although I'm still passing proteins.

I'm rambling LOL!!! Anyway, now I'm having check ups every few days which will hopefully continue for at least another three weeks. Scares like this make me realise how much I'd rather be in pain with the babies in me, rather than having them out. It's just too soon.

Three more weeks. I will be so relieved if I ge to 35 weeks after this week ~ I just don't want these babies in hospital for weeks :(

V xx