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So I have to do the 24 hr collection for pre eclampsia today. Anyone else do this? When did you get your results?

Fun times!

Message edited 4/5/2012 4:58:38 PM.

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I have had to do it about 5 times now! It is so much fun! Love going to reach for milk in the morning and reach around pee!!! Usually they get the results very fast, I was using the hospital lab and they always had the results that night or early the next morning. Good luck!

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I'm in the same boat. Dropping mine off this morning. Are you getting bloodwork done too? My doc said they have to be done together. I was just at L&D for bloodwork and BP monitoring two nights ago so I'm a little worried.

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I did it last weekend. It wasn't too bad. Dropped it off monday morning and had blood taken at the same time. My dr. had the results the next day.

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When I dropped mine off (drop off was at the hospital), I also got bloodwork taken, weighed and blood pressure. They had me wait for the results of the collection and everything was positive for preeclampsia... I had the babies via c-section 2 hours later.

So if you think there is a chance you may have it bring a hospital bag with you!

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when i did it i handed it in monday morning and tuesday morning my doctor called me saying it came back very high and i had to go to the hospital . i ended up staying on hospital bedrest i delivered 5 days later when i developed HELLP syndrome. until the day i delivered i never really had "high" BP, but i had very high protein and bad edema. good luck!!

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Got the call that the blood work is ok..but I'm assuming that I still might test positive for preeclampsia with the urine? Or is it a combined diagnosis?

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I had to do this a few times with DS. I never had preeclampsia but had some elevated BP. Basically, I saw my doc every few days and had to do urine collection and blood work every few days too. Once I hit 38 weeks they induced me. How far along are you?

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honestly if you are 38w and having issues like this i would get ready to have your baby pretty soon!!

my issues occurred at 32w and i delivered at 33w. if you are full term the benefits of delivering far outweigh the risk!!

for me they didn't take any specific bloodwork and my BP was fine. i was dx with pre-e based on my 24 hour which was horrendous (i have heard the cutoff is 300 of protein and my paperwork says mine was 1500 ) along with edema. after that we also found out that i had lowish amniotic fluid, and the baby was measuring small. when i was admitted to the hospital on bedrest and BP monitoring, they basically told me if anything at all changed, ie labs, vision changes, stomach aches, headaches, BP..etc that i would be delivered and that was at 32w. so honestly, if your BP is running high consistently and your 24 hour protein is high, they will prob just deliver you.

good luck!!

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I had to do it too. Not so fun bringing a cup to the bathroom each time. The results came back the next day. Thank goodness I pass that one.

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Good luck....still waiting for my blood and urine results.

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Thanks ladies!