My blood pressure has been on the high side every time I go to the doctors. I went over to be monitored and the Labor/Delivery wing of the hospital and my blood pressure was fine. When I monitor my BP at home it not high but not very low either. Dr is now making me go get ultrasounds every week. She is also recommending that I might have to go on bedrest soon. I don?t have extra protein in my urine so its not preeclampsia. I am trying to find ways to reduce my BP. I?m not stressed at work or at home and I go walking every other night. Is anyone else having BP problems or know of ways to reduce BP naturally?
Re: High Blood Pressure
My BP is high (140/90) every time I go to the doctor. I literally feel myself getting hot and my heart beating fast on the way to the room before I get checked. My BP is always high when I am pregnant. For DS #2 and DS #3, they had me do the 24 hour urine collection and get more blood work done to get a baseline at about 24 weeks. Nothing has come of it for both pregnancies - no protein in my urine for that test or any regular appt. It is just how my body reacts to pregnancy. I am convinced it is "white coat syndrome". At my rhogam shot in the hospital, my BP was only 120/66. This just confirms my theory. Every time I go to the doctor's office, they take my BP, I lay on my left side for 5-10 minutes and then they take it again and it has always been lower except for one time - that one time I literally could not relax and could feel my heart pounding.
How high is your BP? I know being careful is what they have to do, but an ultrasound every week sounds a little excessive. Have they had you do the 24 hour urine collection yet?
When I go to Dr's office I am usually 140/90 - 140/95. I've done the 24 hour urine twice now. One around 20 weeks and one around 30 weeks. Both times they come back good. They told me the ultrasounds every week is b/c women with high blood pressure can have poorly developing babies. I also think it may have something to do with the fact that before pregnancy I was overweight. I try not to think about it to much (to help reduce stress) but its hard not to do research while at work.
Yes high blood can restrict blood flow to the baby. So with high blood pressure they like to monitor baby to make sure they are still growing when they stop it's a sign the blood is being restricted and baby is not getting the nutrients they need.
Good luck hun I hope everything works out and you don't need bedrest.
Thats the silver lining is seeing the baby every week.