Pregnancy - Third Trimester

My doctor's appointment today showed that I have been gaining an excessive amount of weight in the last two appointments. My face, arms and legs have become excessively bloated as well. After talking to the doctor for a while, we determined to take a couple courses of action: 1) limit my work hours to 40 hours per week and 2) bed rest while not working. The doctor expressed his concern that this excessive bloating may mean that we will soon see the other signs of preeclampsia (or toxemia). In the doctor's experience, those who have preeclampsia start with 2-10 weeks of severe bloating before developing the tell-tale signs. These tell-tale signs that we are looking for is protein in the urine and high blood pressure.