Jen's Pregnancy Blog

Now that my blood pressure was consistently normal, they sent me home. I was told to stop working for now and to “conserve energy”, which technically means I’m allowed to wander around the house some, but to take breaks, lay down, that sort of thing. I am allowed to drive, but nothing too strenuous. I try to save that for necessary doctor appointments and occasional trips to the grocery store.

Because of the blood pressure issue, they had me buy a machine so that I can monitor it myself. I monitor it four times a day and call in my log every few days to the doctor’s office so that they can keep track of it as well. And I’ve now gone from seeing the docs once every two weeks to once a week.

The first few days at home were kind of tough. Brian was still not back yet from Washington, DC (Oh, did I forget to mention he was there the entire time this was going on? He asked if he should come home and I told him no. There wouldn’t have been anything for him to do at the time). Anyway, for the first two days at home I slept. I could not stay awake for more that 2-3 hours at a time. It started to worry me because I wasn’t even hungry much. And not being awake that often made it even harder to eat. Apparently both the sleepiness and the loss of appetite are side effects of the blood pressure medication. Fortunately, those side effects have worn off.