Prenatal Appointment (38 Weeks)

This appointment was... disappointing to say the least. After over 2 weeks of very convincing contractions (most of them not painful, but some with slight twinges of pain), I'm still only 1 cm dilated and 0% effaced. Not to mention the baby HAS NOT dropped like I originally thought.

This is coming after being in Labor & Delivery last night because of the rare occurrence of a migraine (not the kind with headache, they're called Vestibular Migraines) followed by weird blood pressure readings (124/99, 134/94, 126/100, etc.). After being monitored for a couple hours, my blood pressure seemed to stabilize, though the last reading before discharge was 147/89... Still, lab work was normal, meaning there was no indication of preeclampsia just yet.

In my appointment this morning, my blood pressure was 169/94! Taken in a different location of my arm it was 124/94 again... Wth?! So, my doctor determined it was time to put me on medication... yay... I had issues with blood pressure at the end of my last pregnancy and all through labor. She wants to try to avoid any issues this time.

I have another appointment next week and if nothing's happened by then, my doctor wants to talk about induction... Something I wanted to avoid.

Prenatal Appointment (36 Weeks)

I had my appointment yesterday and my first cervical check. I'm currently only a half of a centimeter dilated with no effacement. I have, however, begun to have contractions. Saturday is when they started which made me nervous that we wouldn't make it to the Weird Al concert on Sunday. They were mild, though with no pain at all. I'm still having them here and there that last about 30 seconds, but aren't consistent.

The baby seems to be growing quite a bit! I've even gained 4 lbs back in the last 4 weeks... Definitely running out of room in there, which unfortunately, makes the movements that are present very painful... As I said this morning, the baby's nickname is now Starfish.