Hello everyone
Another hot weekend, I think I might actually melt if this continues much longer!!
Yesterday I had the three appointments, scan (10:30), BP (11:10) and ANC (11:40), which resulted in yet another hospital stay
The scan went great ... baby still perfect and 50th percentile. Even more exciting was that baby HAS HAIR!!! The sonographer pointed it out, so cute and you can clearly see the fuzz in the picture I got
Then I went to the BP appointment ... and waited, and waited ... 30 minutes after my appointment time I had to go to the front desk and tell them I was there, as I was now about to miss my ANC appointment, which I really didn't want to do (thankfully all 3 appointments were in the same building). Anyway they (ANC) decided to take me in then and see me, my BP was a little high but not ridiculously so, given how long I'd been waiting and how warm it had been. They spoke to the BP guy and said he'd see me when they were finished - I just had to wait outside. Anyway I went out, and again waited and waited ... finally, at 12:35, which was 1hr and 25mins AFTER my original appointment, I was seen. By this time I was livid, because there was no one left in the waiting room and he was actually taking in people who were well after me, and just leaving me to the end .... so when he took my BP, not surprisingly it was really high ... resulting in a quick conversation with the obstetrician, and an admission to have it settled down
So I go down to the ward - and all the staff there are sooo nice, just really lovely - they take blood and when it comes back something is elevated which means I need to stay overnight till they check it out again (it was something to do with my liver I think, which can be an indicator for pre-eclampsia). They checked out the baby - who was great, happy as always! - took my BP which not too surprisingly was lower, but to lower it further they gave me a new drug (which I'm now on). The monitored me and then this morning they took more blood and were pleased that the level of whatever it was (check me with my technical knowledge LOL) has come back down, and let me go home. I don't need to see the MW tomorrow either, they are happy for me to see her on Tuesday as planned, she has to take bloods and BP again but that's it. Phew.
I have another appointment for a scan and ANC on 16th July, which will make me just short of 37 weeks, further than I thought I'd get with high BP! Baby is still breech, so still looking like a section, but other than that all's well that ends well I suppose
PS - I would love a BP of 120/80 or 120/60 ... lucky ladies!
... she's desperate to see it but I'm quite happy going on my own, and I'm getting weirdly private about this stuff! If it's not hubby, it's not anyone ... a work colleague of mine was at the birth of her grandchild last week and that's lovely but I daren't mention it to my Mum, I've already told her that she won't be loitering in the hospital when I'm in labour (or theatre, depending) 
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ava what a hassle .... no wonder your bp was up ..... dont they realise you have a life outside of their appointments??!! 
