Wednesday, October 01, 2008

The headache that caused an alarm

We had to hand our our old apartment on the 1st of october but before that an inspection had to be passed... and so my hubby started working and did all the back breaking work once again on his own while i sat there helplessly looking at him.
when everything was cleaned spotless, we returned home but to my dismay i had a slight headache...this was on sunday night,the ache disappeared later that night only to return on monday hitting me twice as hard. I had a long sleepless night.

I know that headaches during pregnancy are considered normal due to the hormone levels which are constantly changing but this one caused an alarm... just last thursday i had a urine test done during my appointment and there were traces of protein in it...my midwife said they had to send the sample for further testing....
thankfully further testing revealed no abnormalities.

i left my midwife a voicemail on tuesday morning and she had me come down at 1130am the same day (Despite being booked with patients all day, she made some time for me, i so appreciate that!) for a blood pressure and urine check.

I had read prior to the visit about Preeclampsia which occurs in later stages of pregnancy from this site -http://www.preeclampsia.org/about.asp

All along i was praying and hoping it wouldnt be anything of that sort...
Sometimes its good to be well informed and at other times, one would wish they didnt know the facts...Well so after having my blood pressure checked, which was on safe levels and another urine sample taken which revealed nothing was wrong...
I finally heaved a sigh of relief but more than me, the tension that had built up on Alvin's face disappeared... and what wouldnt i do for that priceless smile on his face!

Thank you God!