What was your BP at your last appt.?

prettyfish13

And what's even considered a "perfect" blood pressure? At my 2nd appointment it was 110/70-something. I remember the 110 part. The nurse told me that was a little low, which surprised me. Today it was 94/66, and the nurse said it was "great!". I used to think 120/80 was ideal, but maybe not? The OB has had no issues with my BP, so I am not worried, just confused about what is "normal" for a pregnant woman. Just curious about everyone else!

Telly21182

Honestly I've never asked, they just always say "Blood Pressure is great..." and leave it at that.

sammyb1017

130/80 or below

susieandmarty

my last one was100/60 which is good i think.  your blood pressure should go down a bit in pregnancy

SarahP15

mine was 120/80...or so she claimed.  funny that i have been taking manual blood pressures for years and the quickness with which the nurse did it in NO WAY could have been accurate. 

 

Brooklyn2577

94/66 seems low to me, but it's not abnormal.

 

Mine was 121/80

CarlaAndJames

I have no idea, they always tell me and I say "is that good?" and they say yes.

LaRue86

Mine is usually around where yours was today. I had some issue early on and was down to 68/44. I am usually 90/60 to 100/70 somewhere in there. Except when I was really sick I have been right around there the whole pregnancy.

soontobe05

Mine is usually in the 110/70 range. I don't know what's supposed to be good, but they always say that's good. I know what bad is...I had "bad" at the end of my pregnancy with DD. 160/110 and such. EEK. 

supermom83

Last time I went to the doctor I had just had a huge fight with my sister and I was super stressed and still mad and my BP was 160/90!! Thank goodness my doctor didn't panic and she just asked me to settle down and it got more normal and fell to 125/58 which my doctor then said was OK but I have to watch it. Getting upset really makes my BP go high!

Usually my BP is anywhere from 110/60-125/80. Once early on when I was still very worried about miscarriage and something going wrong with pregnancy and I would get anxious before going to the doctors visit, my BP was 138/80. They made me do a 24 hour urine analysis to see if I had protein in my urine. And I have to do this again tomorrow because of my crazy BP on Monday at my doctors appointment. Trust me, if they say your BP is fine then it is. Otherwise they would make you do a 24 hour urine analysis (like me) or send you for monitoring at L&D which they did when I was pregnant with DS and had a high reading when I was 28 weeks. I had to stay for monitoring for 6 hours to make sure my BP was fine. Turned out they had taken my BP with a small cuff and my arms were getting fat and they needed a bigger cuff. Taking BP can be very tricky and there is a lot of room for error. 

marchmay

Mine has been high my last two appointments. They make me lay down in an examining room and re-test it after fifteen minutes or so and it always regulates itself.

[I'm considered high risk because I ended up with HELLP syndrome my last pregnancy. They would order blood work if my BP didn't regulate on its own after a rest.]

KYBABY2011

I've had 94/60, 110/70 is the normal for me. I think it's the mean of the two numbers that is more important. 

helenejr

120 / 80 is absolutely NORMAL!

you should only really start to worry if it starts to creep up around 130 / 90 ....

 

my blood pressure has always been very low - my last appointmnet it was 80 / 55 - Dr is obviously not worried about high blood pressure for me - but low BP can lead to fainting etc - so they have to keep an eye on that. It might be unsafe as well if i need to have an emergency C-section if my BP is too low - but hey there's really nothing you can do for low BP than drink plenty of fluids!!!

don't stress if your BP is 120/80 it's fine - trust me! 

 

mandymack

marchmay:

Mine has been high my last two appointments. They make me lay down in an examining room and re-test it after fifteen minutes or so and it always regulates itself.

Same here. Mine is always 145/100 or even 151/110 when I first arrive, just the excitement of the appointment and the frustration from the traffic on the drive over that causes it to be so high initially.  It always goes back down to 118/80 - 121/80 when they retake it at the end of my appointment.

MommaA117

I have no idea. I just assume they will tell me if it's off.

Turtle143

My BP has always been in the low 90s over 60s but I'm a very small person which can be normal. It read 102/66 last appointment and the nurse said "definitely better than the last time." I've had issues with hypotension prepregnancy but with the increase blood volume it's been better.

LauraOTR

Mine is usually 120s/70s. Pre-pregnancy, though, I'd sometimes dip below 100 for the top number.

aniceucchik

as long as its not high, you should be fine. When not pg mine is in the lower 100s. If it gets over 140 then you have problems. I dont ask what mine is, cuz I know its getting up there-I assume they will tell me if it becomes a problem.