Hey Caro,

We have a mini clinic thing and I have gotten checked in there, but their BP machine reads very high (in my opinion) and I get sent straight to the main hospital which is why I don't like getting checked locally at all, because it's permanantly high and I just get sent straight in. The BP machine in there is one of those flash huge electronic things, but I get ridiculous;y high readings on it which i don't get when it's done at the hospital manually. So they do it, freak out, ring the main hospital who says 'come in right now'. I have had to refuse to go a number of times because it's not possible. I think it puts my BP up getting it checked daily then having it high, but not being able to do anything about it IYKWIM. It's become a waste of time really even seeing my GP because every visit results in me needing to be transferred to the main hospital for day monitoring.

Argh,it's frustrating. If I wasn't starting to worry about bubs, I wouldn't get it checked at all, I've avoided it a lot so far, but now with the swelling I know I'm not supposed to ignore it.