Protein in Urine for Pre-e

JennlovesAustin · July 2009

What are "normal" levels? What is considered pre-e?

My doc said up to 150 was normal and under 300 was "ok". 300 or above is toxemia. Truth?

I was 241.

Kadyra · July 2009

You shouldn't be spilling any protein. There is no "normal" number. But in pregnancy, it is common to occasionally spill a little due to the physiologic changes that go on. We put our kidneys into overdrive and a little spillage sometimes just happens.

300mg or 0.3g is the cutoff for mild pre-e

5000mg or 5g is the cutoff for severe pre-e

pierogigirl · July 2009

Yup. My 24 hr was 371. Coupled with my high bp = pre-e. The tendency is for it to get worse. Luckily bedrest has helped mine to progress very slowly.

JennlovesAustin · July 2009

thanks girls.

I already have the high BP - thats why they ran the 24 hour urine. Guess they will continue to watch it.

JennlovesAustin · July 2009

So if I am already at 241 at 27 weeks, will it most likely go up through out the rest of the pregnancy? I have passed all the office testing.

mrsjrmiller · July 2009

Not necessarily - iluvmyfireman has held her protein at the same level throughout her bed rest... so I am holding out hope that it is possible!!!

sunandsand · July 2009

I have PIH and my last 24 hr urine was 155 i believe

ilvmyfireman · July 2009

mrsjrmiller:
Not necessarily - iluvmyfireman has held her protein at the same level throughout her bed rest... so I am holding out hope that it is possible!!!

True!! At 31 weeks mine was 403. My negative urine in the dr office 2x weekly along with my stable bp's leads my dr. to believe it is not climbing (yet) I have been on pretty strict bedrest since then and I am due to be induced at 38.6. I also hold out hope for the rest of you with pre-e that you can continue on with long pregnancies before/without the protein levels climbing too much!

Halo79RN · July 2009

you may not hop up over the 300 marker. check out preeclampsia.org for great info. some people had declining numbers late in their pg. ??? go figure. ???

My dipsticks were "fine" (which could mean anything from none to 1+ depending on the practitioner, stupid me did not ask)... then I did a 24hr and it was 1050, 2d later 1350, no repeat, got 4+ on the dipstick at the next visit and induction was started the next day ... symptoms started to tack on mid pregnancy with palpitations heart arrhythmia and labile pressures, pree suspected at 32wks with large wt gain swelling extremities going numb due to the swelling b/p staying high n/v returning headaches pain in the RUQ... eventually seeing stars, progressively increasing b/p and hyper reflexes and that pree anxiety feeling or as my ob put it the crazy feeling or talking crazy, induction 36w 5d, delivered 37wk exactly.

good luck! many prayers for all of you!

mrs.amandamm · July 2009

ilvmyfireman:

mrsjrmiller:
Not necessarily - iluvmyfireman has held her protein at the same level throughout her bed rest... so I am holding out hope that it is possible!!!

True!! At 31 weeks mine was 403. My negative urine in the dr office 2x weekly along with my stable bp's leads my dr. to believe it is not climbing (yet) I have been on pretty strict bedrest since then and I am due to be induced at 38.6. I also hold out hope for the rest of you with pre-e that you can continue on with long pregnancies before/without the protein levels climbing too much!

Ditto, my first 24 hour urine in the hospital was over 1000, 2 days later it was just above 300

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