Scary day yesterday (sent to L&D for monitoring)

halo_tx · September 2011

I had my a/s and 20 week appt. yesterday- the a/s was great, baby looked perfect! (and she's still a girl!) Then at my appt. when they took my BP it was 130/100. My dr. came in and took it again, she said that she didn't want to scare me, but they wanted me to go to the L&D floor for some monitoring and testing. Cue freak out... So DH and I headed to L&D floor and got checked in to the testing area and hooked up to the BP machine and had me sit for about an hour while it took BPs every 5 minutes. Thank goodness, they did go down into "borderline" area- around 130/85ish. They took blood and I'm doing a 24-hr urine. Basically the verdict is that I have have elevated BP which is unusual this early on and will be having a lot closer monitoring the rest of the PG, I will probably have growth scans and NSTs starting at 28 weeks and appts with my dr. every 2 weeks. I have had high BP in the past and have to be very careful with my diet and exercise to keep it normal, so I felt guilty that maybe I did something, but they told me that pregnancy just does this sometimes. We're hoping that it will just stay borderline and not develop into pre-e. I'm trying not to stress too much since right now it's not a big problem but part of me wonders why I can't just be normal for once.

Sorry for such a long post, thanks if you got through all of that! I would love to hear if anyone has had similar experiences!

MrsVo · September 2011

I'm so sorry! High BP can be scary, especially when it send you to L&D. Sending lots of T&Ps that it will go back down!!!

mikeandangie · September 2011

No experience, but sending you tons of low BP vibes!

Sunshine05 · September 2011

That's great that all looks good with your little girl! Getting sent to L&D for monitoring is very scary, I'm sorry you had to go through that! Hopefully the 24-hr urine collection won't show any signs of pre-e and you'll be able to get your BP down. Try not to stress too much (I know, easier said than done) so that you don't make your BP go even higher. Sending lots of T&Ps!