Possible Pre-e... Nervous

So my BP has been creeping up for the past couple days..
its usually about 118/78 ish...
Monday at the high risk it was 126/76, Wednesday at my OB was 128/88 and this morning at my high risk appt, It was 138/98. They sent me for bloodwork and have me doing a 24 hour urine at home. I'm freaking out, they told me to take it easy today but how can I when I'm so nervous?
I don't have any of the other pre-e symptoms, no swelling, no headaches, no vision problems.
Any advice or BTDT stories?



UPDATE: bloodwork came normal, thank god! So now it's just bed rest until my appt. On Monday.

The good news is I'll be 37 weeks ( full term) on Sunday so if she has to make an early appearance, she should be fine!

Message edited 11/23/2012 1:40:09 PM.

Re: Possible Pre-e... Nervous

Maybe you were increasingly nervous as you saw your bp rising from appt to appt?

Possible Pre-e... Nervous

That could be it! I definitely suffer from anxiety to it could be possible.

Possible Pre-e... Nervous

So.. Would the bloodwork definitely pick something up or could I still be diagnosed with BP and urine alone? Still waiting on the urine
Results.
TIA!

Possible Pre-e... Nervous

BP and urine alone can ABSOLUTELY dx pre-e. i was hospitalized after my 24-hour urine came back through the roof (normal was like 300 and mine was ~1200).my BP was actually fine but i did have swelling. otherwise i honestly felt fine and if it weren't for the dipstick and the 24-hour i dont think i would've known anything was going on. i thought my swelling was normal too. they didn't even do any bloodwork prior to admitting me. i was 32w at the time.

good luck. if you have an questions FM me, i had pre-e and HELLP and i volunteer for the pre-e foundation. good thing is even at 36+ your baby is at very low risk. the doctors were hoping to get me to 36 at least but i ended up delivering at 33w1d do to the rapid onset of HELLP syndrome.