mumsy

For those of you that might not already know, my asthma has gotten worse as my pregnancy has continued to progress. Taking in a full breath of air has gotten increasingly difficult now that I’m breathing for two, which was only a problem with me when I was in my second and third trimesters of my last pregnancy. Although the pharmacist that I saw when I picked up my next asthma inhaler was nice enough to research my inhaler for me and tell me that it was in fact safe to use during pregnancy, I still don’t want to cause any problems that I could have avoided.

Additionally, my blood pressure has now dropped somewhat and is averaging out at approximately 107 systolic and 69 diastolic. Hopefully, it doesn’t continue to drop while I’m pregnant. That’s when I’m going to have to start consuming more calories just to keep my blood pressure high, which isn’t really going to help matters too much after I have the child and start breastfeeding. I mean, losing the weight that I will have gained as a result of this pregnancy will be easier once I begin to breastfeed, but I don’t want to put on too much extraneous weight. I’ll ask my OB/GYN once I see them soon. I chose the OB that I did because he works for the same hospital that my primary care doctor is licensed through, which is the same hospital that my son’s opthamologist works for… I love S&W.