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.