Baby size : 6.5 in - small cantaloupe
Baby Weight : 10.6 oz
(per BabyBump app)
Went to the doc and got a sono on 3/30. They are still showing the baby measuring about a week bigger. Still no change in due date, but I doubt I will make it to 8/19, but who knows.
Had quite a scare at the doctor...my BP was really high and once I found out, I couldn't get it down and went into full blown panic attack mode.
Up until this point in time, my blood pressure has been completely normal. I have been checking it every few days and it's been normal or below normal.
However, being off of my anxiety/depression medication, it is leaving me a little more vulnerable to becoming anxious.
Doc came in and prescribed me some BP medication to get it back under control. Discussed getting back on SSRI, but I am not ready to do this. As long as my BP is under control, I feel like I am doing really well with the anxiety/depression with the alternative "therapy" that I am currently using. (ie: yoga, meditation and Al-Anon)
When I got home that night, I took my BP and it was low at 106/74. So I was weary about taking the medication. I had a follow up appointment on 4/4 to check it and to bring my 24 hour urine test to the office. They had me do this to make sure there wasn't anything abnormal (ie: protein) to determine if it's simply just hypertension or if it's a further problem such as Preclampsia. So I monitored my blood pressure every 2 hours for the next 3 days. Most readings were at or below normal with a couple of higher spikes, but nothing I thought as a concern until Sunday especially when I was starting to get anxious about going back in and them taking it again. I was going into panic mode already.
My urine test came back fine, but the nurse practitioner reviewed my BP and we decided to go ahead and get on the medication - it's a low dose. I am monitoring my BP around twice a day now and it's been low since I started the medication on Monday averaging around 102/68. So as long as it doesn't dip down to 80/40, I should be safe. I still think my higher blood pressure readings are a direct result of my anxiety as opposed to full on chronic hypertension, but I digress. I need to do what's best for the baby right now, so doctor's orders. Once he is born, I plan on visiting my regular general practitioner and actually getting down to the bottom of it. I know my doctor is only concerned about me being healthy for the baby and I'm fine with it for the pregnancy, but I think my general practitioner will be a better avenue to really figure out what is causing some of the spikes as it isn't all-the-time chronic hypertension.
Without going into much detail, the situation on 3/30 was a stressful one for me and I think it was directly resulting my high BP reading, so I've had to remove myself from being under any stress particularly with this direct situation and need to insure that I remain calm and healthy for the remainder of the pregnancy.
I have also gained a little more weight than they would like to see already (which I know is a result of me not making an effort to eat as healthy as I should and NP thinks quitting smoking + the high blood pressure may play a factor. I know the quitting smoking sure as hell does). Sooooo, with that said, I'm making an effort to really watch what I am eating and try to eat as healthy as I can and maybe a cheat meal once a week or so as opposed to as frequent as I was doing. I am remaining active, but that only goes so far when I'm eating like crap. :/ First trimester was survival mode to stomach anything healthy, but now that I'm feeling good, I can definitely eat better, so I'm doing so now. :)
I've been having some gas pains/pressure and a bit of constipation, but all normal. Trying every thing I can to help it.
Everything else is good with the baby. He's an active little guy.
The good thing about having the higher blood pressure now, they are having me do sonos once a month, so that's a plus :)
Here's the photos from 3/30:
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