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Sooo Iā€™m 35 weeks and I have high blood pressure and told my doctor and Iā€™m doing monitoring twice a week now but they ran labs and I have no protein in my urine and blood work was a tiny bit off but honestly pretty normal. They also did an ultrasound and my little guy is totally healthy. So like obviously thatā€™s good news but the issue is I am physically deteriorating to the point that Iā€™m finding it hard to work and do my normal activities. I have tinnitus and completely blocked ears, diarrhea like all day, incredibly swollen hands feet and face, exhaustion, such bad joint pain I can hardly walk, nausea and have been seeing stars since the beginning of pregnancy. I feel like I have all the parts of preeclampsia besides the protein and bloodworkšŸ« and so they havenā€™t diagnosed me with it yet. I kind of donā€™t know what to do and Iā€™m sick of going in and having them tell me everythingā€™s normal like I donā€™t feel normal I can hardly function. Iā€™ve been trying to advocate for myself but if this is truly just normal stuff I guess I just have to wait until this baby comes out??? Idk this just doesnā€™t feel right and I donā€™t know what to do. Babyā€™s health is #1 I know but mamaā€™s health is teetering right nowšŸ˜ž
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Iā€™d get a blood pressure monitor from Walmart and check it frequently throughout the day. That is what Iā€™m doing. Iā€™m also 35 weeks, but have been in bed rest since last week due to my blood pressure being all over the place. Good luck!

Thatā€™s why we are considered ā€œdisabledā€ at 36+ weeks! At least in California we are allowed out of work because itā€™s literally so physically and mentally taxing to be pregnant at this point, i feel like every hour i run a marathon. Today i was cleaning and washing the car seat textiles and reinstalling the car seats and it truly felt like an Olympic sport. My dad even jokingly asked me if i needed an oxygen tank because i was just huffing and puffing around with normal daily tasks. Being pregnant is HARD! Especially the last few weeks. I would recommend getting a BP cuff at home and checking it at home to monitor it closely, but alot of the symptoms you describe can happen with OR without preeclampsia. Hang in there, youā€™re almost at the finish line! And as always, trust your gut and advocate for yourself ā¤ļøā¤ļø

I was feeling very similar to you a couple weeks ago (Iā€™m also 35 weeks pregnant) and I ended up cutting out sugar and simple carbs, I feel soooo much better now! Like insanely good itā€™s crazy to even compare the amount of energy and pain I was feeling prior and now Iā€™m back to nesting comfortably and going on walks getting good sleep and feeling fairly normal during the day obviously Iā€™m still pregnant lol and feeling the pelvic pressure from her and all the other fun pregnancy things but the things you listed I was having an issue with now Iā€™m not. I would totally recommend you try it if you can!

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