First L&D Visit

No worries, I'm not having this baby yet. I went to my OB appt & my blood pressure was very high. My laying down was higher than they like also so off to the hospital I was sent. Imagine my surprise & worry when I hear "you need to go now" & knowing my dumb husband forgot his phone at home so I was off on this adventure alone. I was sitting making my next appt almost in tears because I was so scared. I'm now on weekly OB visits because of it too. :( Get to the hospital & get admitted which seriously was horrible to me. Just knowing I was admitted to L&D or technically Maternal & Child was so scary. Go back, get in my "triage" bed, & get hooked up. Blood pressure was nearly perfect! 122/82. I should've been able to go home right, my BP is perfect & that's why I'm there right..... Not so fast. Non-Stress test & bloodwork. Baby Girl's hb stayed mostly between 147-154 & she slept most of the time. I would've been released sooner if I just could've peed on command. That was frustrating! All in all I was there for 2 1/2 hrs & trust me, I was beyond ready to leave. The last hr was trying to pee & waiting for the results on that.

Good news! Baby Girl had her FEISTY moments & I do mean feisty. At the OB she kept moving so it was hard to get her hb & she only stayed still for about 10-15 seconds, then proceeded to kick the doppler head to let the nurse know she was DONE! At the hospital she decided to make that nurse play chase & kicked that doppler(I guess that's what the round thing is called) a few times also. She did not appreciate being bothered! Once I heard my BP was normal I was calm, I knew everything would be ok. It is a little crazy surreal to be hooked up to monitors but it is so amazing to get to listen to your baby's hb non-stop for quite a while. I was hooked up for at least an hour.

Sop, after 2 1/2 LONG hours I was released. Blood Pressure great, No gestational diabetes(found that out at OB), No signs of preeclampsia, & no stress on baby. We are Good To Go! Dr. Kacenga(which this is his last week & that makes me so sad because he seriously is the most attentive & thorough doctor there) mentioned partial bedrest but nurse said it's probably not needed right now because all the tests came out great. Obviously if my BP continues to be high at the OB then I might be put on bedrest. I'm pretty relaxed as it is so I'm not worried about that. I was told no more Curves which makes me sad. :( I will miss my ladies! It sucks being pulled off so early (33.5 weeks) but whatever I guess. I just hope I don't have another L&D check until at least 36 weeks. I do not want to do 2 hr visits each week.

So that's all. It was scary but everything was great. No worries at all. :)