Soooooo...it looks like I am headed back down the road to pre-eclampsia.

I had another prenatal appointment this morning and I added 4 pounds in a week. Seems I am pretty swollen. The midwife pressed on my lower leg and it left a big-ol' indentation. And, my blood pressure is elevated and has been slowly creeping up each time they have checked me for the last 4 weeks. Bummer. I'm now at 140/78. Started out 115/70. I had this with my son, but was hoping it would stay away this time. Not.

In happier news, since I already work from home and have a pretty stress-free existence, she said that she'd really like to see me on bed rest if it wouldn't cause financial stress. I was all over that!!! Since it isn't strict bed rest (yet), I couldn't be happier. Looks like Wednesday will be my last full day of work. We're about to enter our really slow season, and work was already slow, so this is almost a relief! If I do end up getting pre-eclampsia, I'll probably be delivering my little baby girl next month. My boy was induced 5 weeks early. We may have a baby for Christmas.

On the downside, they said that a home birth is too risky for me now and there is a decent chance that I'll have to go to the hospital to give birth. She said not to hold out too much hope of being able to have the baby at the birth center. But, there's still a chance...even if it is small. I'll just have to get myself psychologically/emotionally prepared for that...as well as train my Prince Charming to run interference between me and the hospital folks. I don't like hospitals, the people that work there or the people that go there...and I do not play well with the typically-female nursing staff.