Pregnant at last

2 lines on the stick!!!!!  I started out by going to my kidney dr and telling him I was pregnant. After all he is the one who said I shouldnt have anything to worry about right? So sitting in his office and telling him I was finally pregnant he acted like I had just made a huge mistake and he had no idea where to go with me from here. That isnt very reassuring for me sitting across from him so I left his office with no advice, no treatment plan just a "see you in a month". What kind of dr is this guy and how has he made it this long? My OB immediatly switched me to a Maternal Fetal Medicine dr which is a high risk OB to monitor me more closely. They started off with the most routine test and labs. Knowing about my history they started me on Lovenox which is a blood thinning shot. So far so good there no problems with that. They wanted a base line to check for protien in my urine becuase of the kidney disease. A normal pregnancy is around 100. I am not sure what those numbers mean but its the amount the protien is being spilled I guess. Mine however was 5000 (Novermber). The nurse practitioner used the word "terrible" when telling me the results. But followed up with "thats the baseline so dont panic." Also my creatinine which is my kidney function was 1.1. That is stable and it had been that for some time before my pregnancy. That number never changed much. The high risk OB said that anything under 1.4 is best for a successful pregnancy. So that was positive. I was told by week 8 or 9 that a delivery by 24-28 weeks is a very high possibility for me due to the kidney disease and BP. I left the office in tears.  My blood pressure was an issue from my first appointment. It was in the 150s/80s range and they dont want to see it about 140/90. They put me on 2 blood pressure medicines and it was still not coming down. The highest it got was 164/90. I panicked, I was so scared and had so much anxiety that the first 2 months, maybe a little more were miserable. I felt terrible becuase the BP was always running so high and I couldnt do much of anything. I was seeing the OB every other week but still had yet to go back to the kidney dr. I was determined to find another one at this point. By the beginning of Decemeber my blood pressure seemed to be coming down to the 130s/70 even in the 120s/70s a few times. I was feeling great. I was more positive then I has been for months and things in my eyes were finally looking up.
Oh but then I go to my dr. first week in January with my piece of paper in hand with all my great blood pressure results on it. I had been keepig track at home and at work. I was so excited. I even had a great BP when they checked it in the office. So expecting a great positive appointment for the first time I quickly realized I wasnt getting off that easy.
My husband and I saw the baby which is an absolute miracle no matter how many times you see it. Baby Shuman was kicking and rolling around and was measuring at 13wks 3 days and I was only 12 wks 2 days along so that was perfect. Doctor comes in and says "Your blood Pressure looks great" Yay I am all smiles... "But I dont expect it to stay like this" Really? Is it to much to ask to just have it good for a minute? And then I get the news that my kidneys are doing worse. My 24 hour urine results are not 5900 and my creatinine is now 1.3. Only 4 weeks after my first results. That is a pretty big jump. The good news is that my great OB dr has found a kidney specialist who is familiar with pregnancies and high BP and I will be going to see him at the end of the month. YIPPEE!!!! I feel better with that because I was not wanting to go back to the old kidney dr at all. So once again I leave the dr scared and nervous and anxious and not at all as positive as I was. They are still talking about an early delivery but I am hoping this new kidney dr can turn some things around.