I had my appointment today and everything looks great. Still measuring a few weeks small on the outside but just fine on the inside. A few weeks ago I talked to my dr about possibly inducing me on my dads birthday which is March 30th. His health is declining quickly and I thought it would be good to have at least one grandchild born on his birthday. It's always fun to share your birthday with a grandparent.
We looked at the calender today and March 30th is three days too early to justify at this point. He can safely say April 2nd (not too bad, April 1st is my dad's mom's b-day). The only way to be induced on the 30th will be to have my blood pressure go up. The dr seems to think that it will. He's giving me an 80% chance that it will.
I have a history of high blood pressure. Obviously genetic because I don't fall into the normal catagory for high blood pressure problems. I'm not over weight (I know I should lose a little), I exercise and eat decently. When I was preg with Brooklyn my blood pressure spiked the day they induced me. I really think it was the Lords way of getting them to look at the real problem which was my amniotic fluid levels were dangerously low.
When I was preg with Calvin, my blood pressure was high the whole time. I didn't ever have any other signs for toxemia so they just watched me. I thought that over time it would return to normal after I had Calvin and began running, playing soccer, spinning and training seriously for races. Nothing changed so I have been on medication ever since. It's seems to be very well controlled and I haven't had any spikes.
My dr seems to think that it will become a problem at the end so that may allow the March 30th induction. Cross your fingers that I only have elevated blood pressure on that day. :) (nothing more serious, please)
