Ugh, my blood pressure is still climbing. Yesterday at the doctor’s office it hit 180/100. After lying down for a few minutes, it “dropped” back to 160/100, but still… the OB finally decided to do something about it, and is adding the medication Aldomet back in to my pill regimen (on top of the 400 mg of Labetalol). All in all, a pretty hefty dose of meds!

I have an ultrasound scheduled for Friday morning, so we should know by then whether the Aldomet is going to have an effect on lowering it or not. She said there were still two other meds to try, but basically warned me that I REALLY need to be on bed rest.

Like the doctor before her, she said the best case scenario is being able to hold it off until 34 weeks. That’s less than 5 weeks from now— that’s the week of May 12, people!!!

*panic!*

Don’t get me wrong… I knew he was coming early, but to have the doc say he’ll be coming THAT early and that’s BEST CASE is causing me to panic. Up until yesterday I really thought I had a chance of making it to 36 weeks if I took it easy. But the reality of the situation is that if my blood pressure jumps just a LITTLE bit more, I could be hospitalized and/or have an emergency C-section AT.ANY.MOMENT.

What a happy thought, eh? THAT definitely helps me to relax! NOT!