Baby Update: Here we go again!!

Yesterday was another doctor's appointment and unfortunately things didnt go very well. I get up to the office, do the whole "pee in the cup" thing and no sooner to I get to sit down and their calling me into the lab to do weight/BP. For normal people, that's a good thing to get seen right away. For crazy nervous freak-out-in-the-doc-office people like me, not so good. My BP was elevated at 155/90. Normally it's elevated when I go into the office but it doesnt get over 140/90ish so my doc has never worried. But since it's even MORE elevated this time, now I get "the talk".

Of course, I'm my worst enemy when it comes to this stuff. I saw that number and my mind starts racing. The doc decides to test my pressure again this time it's worse 160/115!!!! So I go on to tell her my history (for the billionth time) and how my BP was all over the chart with Ryan and we're not even sure if this was because of real hypertension or the doctor freaking me out. Because of this I always keep a record of my BP in my "Mutterpass" (it's a little booklet you keep on you that has your complete pregnancy record incase you need to go to the hospital). I take my BP at home and it's always around 125/80 something. She really seems to be understanding and is definately putting my doctor anxiety into account. I have to take my BP three times a day now (oh the joy of hearing a BP machine all day long) and keep a record for this week. I have another appointment to see her next week to review this all.

OH!!! but I'm not done.... OOH NO NO NO! Let the bad news just keep on rolling in, all to help my blood pressure, you know. We also had scheduled to do a "measurement" ultrasound. I asked her if she would mind also trying to find out the baby's sex, she really gave a true and honest try this time. Unfortunately (you're going to laugh) AGAIN baby is not cooperating *insert temper tantrum*. The baby's legs were together and straight out almost like she was saying, "not uh! no peeking." But you could definately make out those cute little legs! ;) Oh but that's not the bad news I was speaking about. Nope!

The doc does the measurements and the baby is measuring in a whopping 5lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which is average if you're around 34-35weeks pregnant but I'm only 29. So now here comes the Gestational Diabetes talk. I have no history of GD but while I was pregnant with Ryan I got tested about a 100 times for it because he was so big, everytime I passed. I've never been tested this pregnancy for it (though they do check your urine for sugar and have tested glucose in blood tests) but my doc said they didnt test me for GD because I had no history and had been tested in the past. BUT because the baby is measuring so large, when I come back in next week, I get the joy of having the "oh-so-yummy" glucose test. I'm telling you, I hate, despise, loathe this test!! It makes me so sick and I feel like garbage the whole day, but I guess we gotta do what we gotta do. At least this time Dennis will be with me, I wont have a 2yr old that I have to entertain in the waiting room and I wont have to drive home feeling like I'm going to faint the entire time.

You can imagine, though, how all this is helping my blood pressure. So here I sit, mind racing a million miles an hour, trying to relax and use this blog as therapy and about to throw my BP machine out the window because I cant get a good reading on Day 1 of the 3x's a day, week long BP record. ARRRGGHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just need to relax right? stop thinking about everything? HAHAHAH!! yah, tell my hormones that! Ive been trying all day, they're not listening.