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Thanks for the responses! I'm going in to the specialist tomorrow...but of course I have a super stressful appointment with my youngest son's autism doctor beforehand. Gah! Oh well. My BP has been totally fine at home the few day's I've been checking it. Low even! I just hope they take that into consideration. :/
yes be sure and stress that to them!! Sometimes I also think that just reassuring yourself that it is normal, then makes it be normal at the doc's office.
Another thing I have found but forgot to mention before, is that doc's offices are often frigid which can make your BP low. Wear a sweater.
good luck I hope both appointments go great!
Its always best to take in ur home blood pressure log for a docs review and at least once bring ur home blood pressure device in to office for what we call "calibration"
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There is a thing called white coat hypertension but in order for it to be diagnosed home logs are needed
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Thanks! The appointment went surprisingly well. The high risk OB told me that I didn't even have "high" blood pressure but "borderline." Basically it sounds like my midwife was really being overly cautious and trying to cover her booty just in case by sending me there. The OB said I should just keep a home log and if it doesn't get any higher than it is--even in the offices--I should be fine and don't have to come see her again. If it does, we can revisit the issue then. Whew.
Of course, there was traffic on the way to the appointment and I spent half an hour looking for parking in their crowded lot, so no stress there. Lol! My BP was super high as soon as they took it. But, the OB had me lay down for a few min and listen to baby's heartbeat (so nice!!), which caused it to drop like 20 points. Thank God.
:agree: exactly that is what they are supposed to do.
I know there's a proper way to diagnose WCH but when a young slim non-smoking woman with no medical history walks in there and has high blood pressure in early pregnancy (blood pressure is normally LOW during early pregnancy and only a very, very few cases of pre-e start then) the odds are good that's what it is. :)