Well today was my IUD removal appt. Overall it went well. She was less than encouraging about my chances for a natural vaginal birth...but she wasn't negative about trying for another either. My understanding is that basically I'm very high risk for high BP again and about 30% risk of HELLP again...which kinda really sucks. If I get high blood pressure again, she alluded to admitting me until delivery....that would be less than ideal....ummm...who's going to watch Daegan?? The other sucky part is that my BP was elevated today 140/80 (not horrible, but definitely not 110/60 that I had before preg with Daegan). I'm going to monitor it over the next few weeks, but if I have developed chronic hypertension that increases my risks of PIH and HELLP. She's also checking an ANA and some other proteins, as well as a BMP and a 24hr urine protein to make sure I don't have any kidney disease, lupus or other protein deficiency as a sequella to the HELLP. She also said she would encourage weaning Daegan. Not happening. I'm not ready and I'm not weaning my very real child for a potential second child. If it affects my fertility, then we're not ready for another child. Her other concern was that I'd be nutrient deficient trying to make milk and grow a baby at the same time....I'm just going to really watch my diet....and if the baby is small on ultrasound, I'll reconsider then. She also said I'd be monitored closely...I'm not sure I'm totally happy about that (inc monitoring can lead to inc interventions) but at the same time I don't want to be ignorant and miss something.

I guess we'll have to see ow it all pans out. I should have most of my lab results by the end of this week....and now the waiting game for the return of my cycle starts.