Hello everybody how are we all doing welcome back to another episode of

maternity live today's episode I think is a really important one and you know is really the main goal

and reason behind why I started this podcast in the first place which was about

being real and honest and open about my pregnancy journey and ultimately my maternity and I am sharing with all of you today that I have been in the hospital for about a week.

It has been one of the most difficult weeks I think I've ever had but it started out as a routine

doctor's appointment I went to the doctor I had some elevated blood pressure I've

never had high blood pressure at any point in time in my life but it is definitely

common for women especially in their third trimester to see their blood

pressure spike and that coupled with the fact that I had a protein in my urine, became cause for concern for my doctor.

They sent me to the hospital to get additional testing and some lab work done and I was extremely

grateful that Zach was able to come with me because as you know when I've spoken openly on my podcast before, you know women

women were not allowed to have support partners in labor and

delivery and postpartum and the governor changed that and

amazing wonderful and so Zach and I came to the hospital by the time I got here my blood pressure was

spiking really really high I was admitted like 30 minutes after we arrived and we were tested for COVID upon arrival. We were both tested negative and I can

honestly tell you that that test was maybe one of the worst parts of the first 24 hours

just given how painful it is in addition to the shots and the monitoring and the

blood pressure cuff going off every 20 minutes, that test is something else.

But within the first 24 hours I was here, they didn't know how long I was going to be here for,

maybe another day or two just for monitoring

to see what was going on, but after, you know, 24-ish hours, I had two different high blood pressure spikes over the course of a four hour period and obviously that coupled with the protein in my urine.

They diagnosed me with pre-aclamia.

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