urine tests and monitoring for preeclampsia

[tinkerbelle]

Thanks delphmoon.. its the first pregnancy for me, but there is a family history of PE on both sides.
The problem has been that Im up and down, BP tends to go up for a couple of days (20 points higher than normal for me at start of pregnancy - when it high, it tends to average about 138/90).. then it will go down again for a couple of days (back to what it was first trimester which was low 120/70 - will tend to go down this low especially when Ive been resting a lot. Also my blood (platelets) and urine (protein) tests have been up and down over past three weeks.. But they havent been progressing to get any worse at this stage and the blood and urine tests have never been too badly out of range. So Im a bit of a difficult one to figure out I think.. I have had diagnosis of PE, then not, then yes, then not, the last one says I dont have it and is the head of the department- Im being pulled pillar to post or admitted to hospital or sent home depending on which consultant I happen to get when Im in at the hospital. It seems when Im stressed or worrying for some reason e.g when Im in at the hospital for monitoring in the clinic, or when I start stressing about my blood pressure and monitoring it at home too much - the BP goes up and then I have to rest up to get it back down again - so every time Ive been admitted to the hospital, everything gets nice and stable because Im forced to put my feet up for a day or two...
They first found high BP after a minor car crash I was in - and I Have been back for monitoring every 2 days since... and they monitor my BP when Im on the ultrasound for the baby (which stresses me out as I never wanted ultrasounds on this baby).. so obviously its going to be higher! I just feel like if I had never had to go into the monitoring clinic for the crash, I might not have been told I have 'high blood pressure' and things might have stayed a bit more stable!!