Eman'smom
08-23-2003, 12:06 PM
My mother has been visiting for the past week, I know most pregnant mommies with a 2 year old would love to have mom/grandma visit, but unfortunately that isn't our case.
My mother just knows what buttons to push and makes me nuts, for years I've been saying how she stresses me out and raises my bloodpressure, well now I have proof, I have borderline high BP.
I go to the midwife Thursday, dh tell my mother that I won't want her there, I'm 36 weeks and it was the GBS test, I really didn't want mom there while the midwife was poking around. She still insisits on going, even though I then told her that I really wouldn't be comfortable with it. I know most people don't get it, but mom and I don't have the best relationship and I really wouldn't want her there for the test.
Anyway she goes, but gives me a hard time about having to wait in the waiting room until after the test, I think it's reasonable for her to wait a few minutes and then come in, but apparently not.
Anyway to get back to the point the nurse takes my bloodpressure and says "wow that is a bit high", then the midwife comes in and comfirms yes it's a bit high, but it's still in the "high/normal range" I forgot to ask what the actual number was. The midwife wasn't worried, since I have no other symtoms or risk factors, but it's so upsetting. I've never had anything but a normal or low reading, through both pregnancies, even ds's delivery my bp's were great, even when I went in for the miscarriage I might have been trying to not cry, but my bp was normal. But mom visiting for a week, and up it goes.
She left this morning, and now I'm sad she's gone, how ironic is that, she makes me nuts, and now I worry about blood pressure readings but I'm still sad.
Anyway I just had to get the whole thing off my chest. I'm going to spend this week doing some relaxing and meditating and hope that next week it's back to normal.
My mother just knows what buttons to push and makes me nuts, for years I've been saying how she stresses me out and raises my bloodpressure, well now I have proof, I have borderline high BP.
I go to the midwife Thursday, dh tell my mother that I won't want her there, I'm 36 weeks and it was the GBS test, I really didn't want mom there while the midwife was poking around. She still insisits on going, even though I then told her that I really wouldn't be comfortable with it. I know most people don't get it, but mom and I don't have the best relationship and I really wouldn't want her there for the test.
Anyway she goes, but gives me a hard time about having to wait in the waiting room until after the test, I think it's reasonable for her to wait a few minutes and then come in, but apparently not.
Anyway to get back to the point the nurse takes my bloodpressure and says "wow that is a bit high", then the midwife comes in and comfirms yes it's a bit high, but it's still in the "high/normal range" I forgot to ask what the actual number was. The midwife wasn't worried, since I have no other symtoms or risk factors, but it's so upsetting. I've never had anything but a normal or low reading, through both pregnancies, even ds's delivery my bp's were great, even when I went in for the miscarriage I might have been trying to not cry, but my bp was normal. But mom visiting for a week, and up it goes.
She left this morning, and now I'm sad she's gone, how ironic is that, she makes me nuts, and now I worry about blood pressure readings but I'm still sad.
Anyway I just had to get the whole thing off my chest. I'm going to spend this week doing some relaxing and meditating and hope that next week it's back to normal.