Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Blood Pressure...This seems familiar
Just an update on things. I've been monitoring my blood pressure at home this pregnancy to prevent me having this baby after my 35 week appointment like last time. Yesterday morning it was 161/90 so I brought the monitor to work with me and kept checking it. My pressure went down then around 1:00 went back up to 141/94 so I called to update the doctor. Well it was Tuesday and she doesn't work on Tuesdays! The on-call doctor was in surgery all afternoon so my nurse had to find another doctor in the practice to make a decision. I was told to go to assessment for monitoring and blood work. I made it there around 2:45 and the triage nurse checked my pressure...155/86. She decided to wait a bit and then check again to give me a second chance...well that didn't help and she didn't even tell me what it read the second time. Then I got settled into a room. Everything felt so familiar; even when I heard a knock on the door then someone enter and say labs it just brought me right back to having Finn. My pressures where good in the room all around 135/85 even as low as 110/70 though. I had to get up and walk around for 10 minutes then check it and it never went up that much. The on-call doctor was in surgery though and I had to wait to see her before I could leave. She finally made it to my room around 9:00 and decided that I could go home. She told me to stay home from work on Wednesday and schedule an appointment to see my doctor on Thursday and we would make a plan then. Her exact words for me were to be a "lady of leisure". I really like that phrase and will use it as often as I can. So far today I have been in bed resting and working and my pressures have been around 130/90. I am anxious to see what my doctor will decide tomorrow, but hopefully we can keep this baby cooking for now!
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