Ok, quick update on my adventures yesterday. I woke up early and headed, headache in tow, to my 7:45 am doctor’s appointment. I told the Dr about the headaches and she immediately sent me over to the hospital. Her worry was that I had preeclampsia and she wanted me to have some additional testing.
To be honest, I don’t know much, but I know my body and going to the hospital seemed like over kill but I went to be sure baby was ok. I checked into the Labor and Delivery observation unit where they hooked me up to a blood pressure machine, a fetal heart monitor, and took some blood. I was happy they were covering their basis but I honestly just wanted them to give me something for my headache.
Finally they gave some Tylenol. We sat in the hospital for 2-3 hours and at the end of it all the blood tests, my blood pressure and the baby are all perfectly fine. In fact my blood pressure was in the lower part of the normal range and both the doctor and the nurses said that the baby was looking beautiful. I would have spent two days in the hospital just to hear that.
Unfortunately, no one had an explanation for my headache. The doctor really believes that my sever insomnia is at the root. She prescribed a sleeping pill and told my not to be shy about taking one. I am not crazy about putting something in my body that could get to the baby but she assured me it is safe.
I finally took the sleeping pill at 9pm last night and slept until 8am!! I feel like a new person. One or two nights like that I will definitely have enough energy for labor. The headache is not completely gone but I have not taken and Tylenol yet so hopefully one more night of good sleep and I will be back to normal.
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