Oh crap. The "b" word was mentioned.

Bedrest.

It looks like I want to be like my due date buddy Hollie and have sudden high blood pressure too.

I went in for my appointment today and my blood pressure was suddenly elevated. It wasn't too bad, so nothing to worry about right now, but a sudden rise is a bit worrisome due to my past issues. My normal bp is anywhere from 115/60 - 120/70 and today it was 150/80. Like I said, not too bad, but it's never that high, so I've been put on watch.

With my first pregnancy, it started to get high and my doc put me on bp meds only to put me on full bedrest at 36 1/2 weeks due to blood pressure and induced me due to the placenta maturing too rapidly at 39w5d. It was weird to go on bedrest when I didn't "feel" any different. My diastolic number (the bottom #) just hit over 90 and apparently that's not good in my OB's book. I was happy it stayed in check until I was just about due anyway. You all know how I wholeheartedly wish all my babies stay cooking until they are "done".

So, the NP has declared me prehypertensive for now with a recheck on Monday. She wants to consult with my OB to see what they want to do - be it medication or, gulp, bedrest. Please oh please oh please no bedrest! I told her I simply can not go on bedrest because it's just too damned boring. Plus, I have VIP tickets to Flogging Molly next Wednesday! I'm going to be plenty pissed off if I miss that. But of course, if my body and more importantly, my baby, needs me to do it, I will.

By the way, have you read Chicklet's Build-a-Baby-Kit post? Sure, I was the one who made the initial dumb joke but Miss Chicklet made it fucking funny as all hell. Read it. Now. You'll be happy you did. :)