Conservative Doctors...

Make me want to tear my freakin' hair out.

I went in today and had the usual ob visit. No protein in my urine (one of the signs of preeclampsia), lost 1 1/2lbs (no sudden weight gain or swelling), and my blood pressure was back down to 120/80. I was hooked up to the NST for about 30 minutes and Davin was fine. Lots of kicking and a steady heartbeat the entire time.

And yet, there's still conceivably something wrong with me. I'm at a loss.

There's no room to consider my bp was elevated because I was just getting over being sick, no room to consider that something I ate could have made it go up...and no room to consider that being stuck in bed might just hurt the little guy even more.

I won't go against what my doctor tells me; I will continue to stay on "bed rest". But I'm not going to give up my life. Davin won't die if I go sit in a chair to watch a comedy show tomorrow night, nor will it cause my blood pressure to spike if I go sit on my mom's couch for the baby shower. I'm not going to cancel everything I have planned just because I had a 24 hour period that my blood pressure was ELEVATED.

Diet, a little exercise, lots of water, acupuncture and some extra rest is all I think is necessary to keep my bp down.

Honestly, my doctor makes me want to hurt people sometimes. Her answers to my questions are so extremely vague, it's like I need a secret decoder to understand what she means.

The one thing that I was positive about; she assured me she would do everything possible so that I can have a natural birth. As long as I continue to keep my BP down, she will let me go *PAST* my due date! I'm just happy there's no jumping the gun here and scheduling c-sections...I was so sad when I thought my chances of having a natural birth were reduced.

They sent me to the hospital to get steroid shots for Davin's lungs...that shot freakin' hurt. Another conservative measure in case things go wrong...he'll be well prepared for birth.

And thus continues the never ending saga...