I had my 29-week appointment today. When I first got in, my blood pressure was 160/90. The nurse had me lay down for 30 minutes, and when the doctor came in to recheck it, it went down to 140/90. Then he said something I was dreading... "So, we are going to have to treat this pregnancy a little bit differently now...".
He doesn't think it is toxemia, but he wants me to have 2 to 3 hours of bedrest a day and basically take it easy this weekend. Even though I'm not a diabetic, he wants me to go on a low-carb, low-salt diet through the weekend. I have to go back on Monday morning at 9:15 am for a blood pressure recheck and take it from there.
My first fear was, of course, pre-eclampsia and how the baby is only at 29 weeks right now. I am going to read up more about PIH (pregnancy-induced hypertension) and see what else I can do to avoid having pre-eclampsia come.
Just when I was enjoying a "normal" pregnancy... :(
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Carrie, lot of hugs and calming thoughts to get that BP down a bit. Rest this weekend!
I had pre-eclampsia/toxemia with Katrina at 36 weeks. That gave me chronic hypertension and I was high risk with Peyton. As my advice before: drink lots of water, cut out salt completely, and rest for 2-3 hours 2-3 times a day lying down even if the kids make a mess around you, if you sit, try to prop your feet up, and swim as you can because the buoyancy can alleviate that blood pressure! I kid you not and I was able to keep that pre-e/toxemia away with Peyton by doing these things.
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