Update: Swelling

I had my 36 week doctor's appointment today. The good news is that my blood pressure was 132/88 so high for me but not in the hypertension range and my doctor was not concerned about that, my weight gain, or my swelling. He said there was no protein in my urine (yay!) so my weight gain is probably due to the swelling, aka, water weight. The swelling is probably due to the heat and just being at this point of the pregnancy.

Other good news is that our little one is head down and he definitely dropped since he's right behind my cervix! I'm not dilated at all so I shouldn't go too early or anything but yay to a head down baby!

The only bad news is that they didn't even bother with the Group B Strep test because since I tested positive at my 16 week appointment, I'll need the antibiotic IV during labor regardless of the results of this test. Oh well. As long as everyone is healthy right?!

Swelling

Holy crap. My feet are HUGE! My legs and feet and fingers are all so puffy, I don't even recognize them as my own. It's so uncomfortable. So of course, I had to research online. Probably not the best idea because I'm not a doctor and if it was that easy to diagnose, there would be no need for doctors. However, I have 2, possibly 3, symptoms of preeclampsia. According to preeclampsia.org the symptoms are:

• Hypertension
• Proteinuria
• Edema
• Sudden Weight Gain
• Nausea or Vomiting
• Abdominal and/or Shoulder Pain
• Lower Back Pain
• Headache
• Changes in Vision
• Hyperreflexia

Again, I'm not trying to diagnose myself but the swelling is crazy and yes it's hot, but I've been in the a/c. I also gained 7 pounds this week, probably from the swelling, but that really concerned me when I got on the scale yesterday. Today, I was at my parents' house and they have blood pressure cuff so I decided to take my blood pressure. I'm almost always 112/72, today I was 133/91. While this doesn't fall into the hypertension range (140/90) completely but it's way high for me. I did have a headache all day today but it's gone now so I don't think it counts.

I'm not concerned enough to call the doctor but I will definitely mention it to him when I'm there on Thursday. I hope it's nothing abnormal.

Here's a picture of my nasty swollen foot (take my word for it, it's big):