I had another appointment today. First of all, a little pregnancy brain hit me this morning. I showed up for my appointment at 11am but my appointment was actually supposed to be at 10 am. OOPS! At least my Doctor was nice about it.
So, I sit down and they take my blood pressure. Egads! I was telling the nurse how I was home on bedrest and she said "Well I hope you aren't hoping to get off bedrest because your blood pressure is high." It was 122/91. Next it's on to the weigh-in. We all know this is our favorite part-- NOTTTTT! No weight change for me. Woo! So I leave my little cup in the bathroom and sit in the waiting room.
After about 10 minutes the nurse comes in and takes me into the NST room. We manage to find the heartbeat and I get all situated in the over stuffed recliner. The baby starts moving a little bit. But after 15 minutes they think she might be sleeping. Well, they leave and come back another 30 minutes later with my Doctor right behind them. She sits and watches the NST machine. We finally get out 10 heart accelerations and pass the test. Yay!
So, the Dr notices the high blood pressure reading and she decides she wants it redone before she sends me home. We're talking about bedrest and I tell her I've been having some headaches and a little dizziness. The manual cuff says that my blood presure is now 135/87. Not really much change considering I've been laying down for an hour at this point. Dr. Hill sends me to the lab and they draw some blood. After that I get to go check out and go home.
So, I go back in a week for another NST and I am just supposed to wait for word about the pre-eclampsia panel. Just one more thing I may have to add to my already long list of potential complications. LOL! You just gotta love these high-risk pregnancies. They keep you on your toes, that's for sure!
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