What a week it has been! Brad and I were talking yesterday about how for a short week, it sure feels long... like today should be Friday. It doesn't help that it's one of the busiest work weeks I've had in months. This was an especially stressful morning, so it didn't surprise me that my blood pressure was high at my doctor's appointment. I told them I feel fine, I just need to put my iPhone away for a while since work is blowing up.
Doctor was running way behind schedule, so my four-minute appointment took place more than an hour after it was supposed to. That probably didn't help with the stress level either, just because my phone was literally buzzing and dinging every 10 seconds while I was waiting.
Highlights from this appointment:
- Baby still has not dropped
- Doc told me that since I'm not having any contractions (not even Braxton Hicks), I'm probably not dilated (but he still won't check me for another week or two)
- He guessed that the baby is probably at 6 lbs right now. I was surprised and said that seems so small, and he said no, by the time 40 weeks rolls around he'll be at least 7.5 lbs and that I'm right on track.
- He reiterated how unusually hard the baby's head is and made me feel it (!!!!!!)
They took my BP again at the end of the (four-minute) appointment, and it was a little lower. Still on the high side, but I convinced them to let me go. Otherwise I would have had to lie down for a few minutes and they'd take it again. If I really believed it was worth being concerned about, I would have stayed. Baby is still rocking and rolling inside, so I feel okay about things.
In the meantime, I'm going to try to knock out some things at work and then take it easy the rest of the afternoon (if I can get away with it). And think happy thoughts and take deep breaths.
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