Yah! Another thing for me to worry about

Yesterday was my first appointment with the OB/GYN in my second trimester. This appointment is important because there were things that I couldn't do in the first and new things that popped up that I wanted to ask her. I repeated the list to myself the entire day so I wouldn't forget. "sex, swimming, acne, itchy nips" "sex, swimming, acne, itchy nips" "sex, swimming, acne, itchy nips". So I get there, I peed, I weighted (gain back the 5 lbs I lost in the first trimester), and had my blood pressure taken.

"Hmm" said the nurse.

"What?"

"Your blood pressure is elevated."

"What's the reading?"

"150 over 100"

"Wow. That is high. Should I be worried?"

"The doctor can tell you more"

So while I was contemplating what having high pressure means, the nurse is having trouble finding the heartbeat which brought on another "hmmm" and a second nurse is called in and she also tried finding the heartbeat using the doppler. No luck.

By now, I am more than a little nervous. First my blood pressure and now they can't find the heartbeat. Needless to say, I forgot the about the sex, the swimming, the acne, and the itchy boobs.

The doctor was able to find the flashing of the heart on the vaginal ultrasound, but then she launched into this whole thing about the blood pressure. How I need to go on medication. Yikes! The second option is to watch my sodium intake and see if the situation improves. Only 200mg of sodium per item I eat. I chose the second because while I know it will be hard to do, I hate taking medicine more.

I go in tomorrow for a reading. Cross fingers.