Helena_
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figured I should give an update:
I went in for my routine 36 week appointment on Friday. My BP was high (156/85 and I can't remember what it was the second time). My doctor got very concerned and said that he'd like to see me again on Wednesday and we'd possibly deliver that day. He sent me to l&d and to get bloods and urine. I had an NST and baby looked great and bp was going down. Picked up my 24 hour urine collection jug and was told to come back Sunday to hand that in and for another NST. They concluded that I have hypertension. Sunday my bp was normal and no protein in urine. No idea why it was so high on Friday, but I suspect it's high when I stand or sit up. In L&D I was laying down and actually falling asleep both times, but when I'm out or standing for long periods of time I feel like shit. I'm going to bring this up to my doctor, but we'll see what he wants to do on Wednesday. It doesn't look like I'll be being induced on Wednesday since my BP was normal Sunday, but he's a cautious guy so I somewhat imagine he'll want me induced before 39 weeks (for hypertension they induce between 37-39 weeks). Part of me wants to just go naturally, but the other part of me is scared shitless that my BP will climb again and it'll be bad news bears. I may request that we just induce at 38 weeks. I'm really torn on this. Despite it being normal on Sunday, I just have a bad gut feeling, but I really want to avoid evicting her before she's ready.
I went in for my routine 36 week appointment on Friday. My BP was high (156/85 and I can't remember what it was the second time). My doctor got very concerned and said that he'd like to see me again on Wednesday and we'd possibly deliver that day. He sent me to l&d and to get bloods and urine. I had an NST and baby looked great and bp was going down. Picked up my 24 hour urine collection jug and was told to come back Sunday to hand that in and for another NST. They concluded that I have hypertension. Sunday my bp was normal and no protein in urine. No idea why it was so high on Friday, but I suspect it's high when I stand or sit up. In L&D I was laying down and actually falling asleep both times, but when I'm out or standing for long periods of time I feel like shit. I'm going to bring this up to my doctor, but we'll see what he wants to do on Wednesday. It doesn't look like I'll be being induced on Wednesday since my BP was normal Sunday, but he's a cautious guy so I somewhat imagine he'll want me induced before 39 weeks (for hypertension they induce between 37-39 weeks). Part of me wants to just go naturally, but the other part of me is scared shitless that my BP will climb again and it'll be bad news bears. I may request that we just induce at 38 weeks. I'm really torn on this. Despite it being normal on Sunday, I just have a bad gut feeling, but I really want to avoid evicting her before she's ready.
