Unexpected Doctors Appointment

Today did not go as planned… I’ve had extreme anxiety while driving ever since our car accident in 2022. Today, we bought a new car and went from the dealership to baby appointment. My first blood pressure reading was “slightly elevated” but I contributed it to working myself up for the Strep B test. After the test, we did another reading… significantly lower. After checking on baby, my doctor requested labs for preeclampsia and said if my reading was high next week we would induce at 37w. He also suggested to monitor at home. Once we got home, I took it and completely normal… we’re going to go to our next appointment EARLY to give my stress levels time to decrease but can’t help but feel a little discouraged.

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I should add that every other appointment has been normal and we did go visit my parents this last week! What is usually a 4 hour car ride, turned into a 6.5 hour ride with traffic… so a lot of car stress the past week :-)

Seems a little dramatic for the doc to declare an induction so early just based on a couple of slightly high BP readings 🙄 Especially if labs don't indicate pre-eclampsia, which I thought was just the presence of certain protein in urine. My doc is suddenly stressing me out at the 11th hour too and it's made me salty. Like I thought she was just chill bc everything has been going well, but now I feel like she hasn't been paying attention.

he said he was running bloodwork and an additional urine sample from the lab as an “abundance of precaution” … he also knows I have a tendency to spiral and panic so he told me not to worry about it yet. I will find out tomorrow or Wednesday what the labs show, but I did bloodwork at 30 weeks and it was completely normal 🤷🏻‍♀️ now I feel like my blood pressure is just going to remain high out of stress.

I’m so sorry you are experiencing the same stress.. it feels like I’ve taken 10 steps back so I feel your frustration

I’m the same way, I just want to be sure my baby is okay and I am healthy/deliver safely. I trust my doctor, I was just a bit surprised / discouraged after everything. I hope it goes well for you! Sending good thoughts

ugh I’m so sorry. I know it was be stressful and a lot. Especially if that wasn’t part of your plan. I hope everything goes well! Sending good thoughts your way

Omg I’ve also experienced high Bo when at the drs office ( 159/95 or higher) yet perfectly normal at home (130/82). Not terribly high when at rest.

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