Blood Pressure Question
So my blood pressure has been really high the last few days (150's/110's). I had an appt yesterday and they took it normally (manually by the pump machine) and it was still high. Normally high (140's/100's) but just seemed to jumped so they sent me to triage. They started monitoring me with one of the electric machines every 15 min. The first reading was 131/81 and this is right after I left the doctors. It was consistently low for me or normal for 2 hours. I didn't understand and neither did my doctor. Anyway, they sent me home.
I just took it again and it was high (155/107). I am not sure if there was something wrong with the machine at triage but it has NEVER been that low. I think I will call the doctor again this morning but wanted to get your thoughts. Oh I am 37 weeks today.
Re: Blood Pressure Question
If your blood pressure is really that high right now, you should call your doc and go to the hospital. Pre-ecamplsia is a serious thing. Do you have any swelling, diziness, pain in your arm or chest, visual disturbances, headaches? Those are also all signs of high blood pressure. 131/81 is still boarder line for being high. A diastolic reading over 80 (the lower number) and a systolic over (upper number) over 120 are considered high. 120/80 should be the limit for a healthy pregnancy.
If I were you I would find someone to bring me to the hospital now.
I second this. Definitely call your doctor.
I had high blood pressure with my last pregnancy. It could be the difference between you being up and around or even sitting up as opposed to triage where I'm assuming you were lying down.
When my BP got high I was ordered to lie down on my side and it would go back down. When it got to the point where it no longer went down when I was lying on my side, they scheduled me for an induction.
sounds like the same thing i am going through. i have bp that is usually 155/100 but its only that high when i go into the doctors for my prenatal checkups. im ordered to go to labor/delivery twice a week for monitoring and it is always lower there. last time it was actually 90/50 and everyone was confused but then it raised to 140/75. if it is high most of the time be prepared to be induced just for u and the babys saftey. watch for dramatic swelling in your hands and face, swelling in your feet is normal this late in pregnancy. your doc might have u do a 24 hour pee collection. it sucks but with me they found moderate traces of protein and my bloodwork was borderline. so im glad they did it. i am getting induced in 5 days and will be 39 weeks pregnant. wish u the best of luck.
do you have the automatic type of machine? that always has significantly higher readings for me than the manual cuff, and so i always tell docs and nurses not to use it.
also, i disagree that anything over 120/80 is high for pregnancy. 150/110 is definitely high, but most doctors won't even worry until top is 140 or bottom is over 90.
have you had any 24hr urine tests done? It drives me CRAZY when people say high bp alone = pre-e. they are totally separate things. bp can be a symptom of pre-e, but it alone doesn't mean there is cause for immediate worry.