kneeswrites
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When I was 39 weeks with my daughter, due to various weird setbacks I hadn't had a prenatal appointment in a whole month. In that month I developed horrible pitting edema in my legs and swelling in my face and hands, as well as headaches and vision changes and nosebleeds and just generally feeling like crap. As well as sudden weight gain. When I went in to my doctor finally I was told my BP was high and ended up getting induced that day. Because we didn't have any appointments and I was uneducated about blood pressure and stuff, I have no idea when exactly the high bp set in, but I suspect it was a few weeks before the appt because I had been having those symptoms.
Now I am 36 weeks with my son. I gained 6 pounds since my last appointment (after remaining at the same weight for three straight appointments and making no lifestyle changes). In the last three days, my legs have gone from literally no swelling to full on pitting edema, which has even gotten worse since this morning. I'm having headaches and dizziness when I stand. I don't feel nearly as shitty as I did at the end of my pregnancy with my daughter but I'm getting there. I just have a gut feeling my bp is gonna get high soon.
At my appointment today my bp was good. I asked if it was higher than it had been for me but she didn't seem to understand me and so I don't know. I think it was like 114/60-something.
I guess I'm just wondering if anyone else with a history of pre-e has been in a similar situation and what happened. Like, does it sound like my bp is about to go up? Should I check it on my own? I have weekly appointments but my labor was hell last time because of the extremely high BP so I want to catch it ASAP. How long do I have before it skyrockets?
Now I am 36 weeks with my son. I gained 6 pounds since my last appointment (after remaining at the same weight for three straight appointments and making no lifestyle changes). In the last three days, my legs have gone from literally no swelling to full on pitting edema, which has even gotten worse since this morning. I'm having headaches and dizziness when I stand. I don't feel nearly as shitty as I did at the end of my pregnancy with my daughter but I'm getting there. I just have a gut feeling my bp is gonna get high soon.
At my appointment today my bp was good. I asked if it was higher than it had been for me but she didn't seem to understand me and so I don't know. I think it was like 114/60-something.
I guess I'm just wondering if anyone else with a history of pre-e has been in a similar situation and what happened. Like, does it sound like my bp is about to go up? Should I check it on my own? I have weekly appointments but my labor was hell last time because of the extremely high BP so I want to catch it ASAP. How long do I have before it skyrockets?