How to remain calm during BP checks...?

Poppy523 · February 2013

My blood pressure was high last appt. so they mentioned the possibility of induction and then my BP really shot up. I feel like I can't give them an accurate BP reading because everytime they check it I think about it being high and being induced and it shoots up. How do you remain calm when they are checking your BP?

JohnaDouglas · February 2013

I just start talking to the nurses, while they check mine. I have the same problem though, I get nervous about it being high and it shoots up a little, but talking to the nurses help.

holly321 · February 2013

Talking during a reading can make it high too.

JohnaDouglas · February 2013

holly321:
Talking during a reading can make it high too.

It might make mine a little higher, but not as high when I'm quiet and freaking out about it. Not everyone is the same though.

ericalee27 · February 2013

I had the same issue. I had my BP checked twice a week for two months and I was always a wreck. My heart rate was always like 140 because I was so jacked up!! They always took a second reading after I had a chance to sit and calm down. I did a lot of deep breathing and did not talk. My BP was always much lower on the second reading.

Edit: wanted to add that they took the second reading manually which I think also helped. Just the sound of the auto BP machine freaked me out.

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