I had a follow-up appointment with my regular doctor on Thursday; it was made about 6 months ago.   Though everything was great at your check-up with Dr. Carmichael on Tuesday, just 2 days later with Dr. Rathkamp my blood pressure was high.  How could that be?!  Dr. Rathkamp advised me to carry on with my day as usual and come back in the afternoon to have my BP checked again.  So I went back at 4pm yesterday….and it was still high.

After checking with Dr. Carmichael, it was decided that I needed to proceed to labor & delivery for some testing.  While we were waiting on the results the nurse called Dr. Carmichael and she said there may be a chance I would be checking in for induction.  That was a little unsettling.  Luckily, the labs came back normal so I was told I could go home but was given strict orders for bed rest.  UGH – I am not the type of person who does well on bed rest…I get way too restless!

So, here I am Friday morning on bed rest….though it’s been more like couch rest so far.  I called Dr. Carmichael this morning as instructed and she advised that we treat and monitor the blood pressure through the weekend and scheduled me to come in on Monday @ 11:30am for a new round of testing.  Depending on the results of those tests, we may check into the hospital Monday night for induction.  Either way, I am pretty sure you will make your way into this world sometime within the next week!  We’ll keep you posted….