I'm 37 weeks pregnant today. On the weekend I noticed that my feet were really swollen, more than they're usual pregnancy-puffiness. But it was quiet hot and I know I didn't drink enough water on Saturday (plus Maccas for lunch probably didn't help either!) but I wasn't too worried. I didn't have a headache or dizziness or any other bad signs.
But at my OB appointment today my blood pressure was high. It'd gone from last weeks borderline normal to high. My OB gave me a script for medication (Aldomet) and tomorrow morning I've got to go into the pathology place for blood work and a urine test. I would've gone tonight but we were the last OB appointment of the day and by that time the pathology lab had closed.
I'll call and talk to my OB's midwife on Wednesday and she'll let me know if I have to go in for a simple blood pressure check on Friday, or if I have to go over to the birth suites for monitoring as well as a blood pressure check up.
And if my blood pressure is still high on Friday then my c-section date will be bumped up a week. I really like the c-section date that I've got already. I don't like the closer date as much. But I know it could be safer for both of us if he's born sooner.
It did make me panic a bit though, I had a few nightgowns on laybuy and had planned to pick them up later this week. But when I heard that my c-section date might change, I got Tony to take me into Target tonight to pick them up. I need time to have them washed, dried and packed!
On the weekend I repacked my hospital bag (well, except for the stuff I picked up tonight) and organised Baby's clothes again. I packed Tony's bag and my nappy bag. I also need to wash the pillow case for my nursing pillow and call the anesthesiologist and pay the gap fee.
Plus clean the house! I want to do a deep clean of the house before Baby arrives. So before I come out of hospital all Tony has to do is vacuum and run the sticky roller over the couch to get up the cat fur.
I don't feel ready for Baby to be here as early as next week. We still don't have a first name for him. I wanted time to add a few more decorative bits and pieces to his room. And I'd planned on cooking a few meals and snacks next week. I really hope this medication works (and without too many side effects) and brings my blood pressure down. And that there's no signs of pre-eclampsia or anything else going on.
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