Watching For It

With my last pregnancy I was diagnosed with preclampsia. It came on so severely and suddenly that Roo was delivered a day early. I was doing my pre-op work up when my blood pressure refused to come down.

So off I went to the hospital and ta-da, a baby was born.

Now the pregnancy with Turtle has been very different, but that hasn't stopped me from constantly checking for swelling in my face, hands and feet.

I'm honestly a bit obsessed with it and my poor husband is suffering because I'm constantly making him stop whatever it is he's doing and check for the slightest sign of swelling.

I think that the preclampsia was helped along by the fact that I gained so much weight the last time and lately I've been gaining too much. I've gained more in the last month then I did my entire 1st and 2nd trimester.

Hence my worrying.

I'm googling everything I can about preclampsia and making myself a nervous wreck (who eats to feel better). Which you know never helps any situation, googling makes everything ten times worse.

Thankfully I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and there's only 19 days left of this pregnancy to get through.