normal

Antenatal clinic on a sunny afternoon.
Generally in pregnancy blood pressure is normal if the diastolic level (the bottom number) is below ninety. A patient's partner was worried because her blood pressure was eighty five. He asked me if I was concerned.
I said no.
He said, "But the midwife said that it is getting high."
I told him it is like the speed limit: if the limit is ninety then eighty five is ok.You don't get a ticket just for being close.
As we spoke, sunlight lit up the office wall. A warm breeze wafted through the open window.
In the middle of winter, that isn't normal.