i went in for my 36 week appointment and ultrasound today. everything went well with the ultrasound part - baby is moving properly and all that. my blood pressure, however, has once again increased after being perfectly fine the entire pregnancy. i was hoping it was high because there was a really obnoxious toddler in the waiting room, screaming for her mom when mommy left her with grandma to go in for her appointment. i know that kids have tantrums. i have a kid, i get it, i really do. and the first-time preggos in the room need to accept the fact that a baby isn't all cute onesies and teeny socks. however, this wee one was not relenting and ol' gram was not even trying to calm her or hush her. everyone in the packed waiting room was visibly annoyed. she could have taken her out in the hall like everyone else with screaming kids does, or shoved a sippy cup in her face, but anyway, i digress.
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when they checked my BP again several minutes later it was still high. so i had to once again have blood drawn for further testing (not sure exactly sure for what) and i have to go back for another BP check on friday (and then again on monday for my regularly scheduled appointment and ultrasound.) and when i was just about to escape the nurse popped in and told me that the doc wants me on bed rest given the issues i had with gestational hypertension last time. how does one accomplish bed rest with a toddler?? this will be fun.
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so then, we're driving down the highway back home and my @#$% car dies. it wasn't starting last friday, but we had taken it in on saturday and gotten a brand new VW-approved battery. sadly, that was obviously not the entire issue. i did play the preggo card with AAA hoping it would get us off the side of a busy highway faster, and it seemed to work. so that's good. my car, however, is not. it needs a new alternator, and oh, while they were in there they discovered that she also needs a new catalytic converter (so much so that she will NOT pass inspection next time.) the cost of these repairs plus the ones we did a month ago would total twice the car's trade-in value. so we're going to do the alternator to buy us some time to find a new (to us) car that meets our needs and some other sucker can deal with the rest of the problems. really good for the ol' BP.
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don't buy a mexican jetta. ever. you'll hate yourself.
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In the first picture Roo 2 looks like s/he's saying, "Helllllpppp! It's crowded in here!"
Sorry about all the other crapola. Maybe next week your BP will be lower - I remember that from last time - it seemed that if I concentrated hard enough I could control it. Think zen thoughts or something.
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