Weird question about blood pressure

Scorpgirl444

Yesterday I went for my regular 2 week dr. appt.  I was 16w2d.  My blood pressure was 98/51.  Is it normal for your blood pressure to be this low with multiples?  My husband seemed to think that it might be because the blood has more places to go but since I'm producing more blood right now I kinda don't think that's the reason.

Is this at all normal? 

ColleenS629

Mine was low in the beginning, then normal toward the end.

UsedToBeGoldie

not uncommon for it to be lower early in your pg.  Mine dropped pretty low at times and I almost passed out a few times. I was having horrible dizzy spells around 17 weeks- so my OB told me to drink more caffiene and have more salt (ironically 2 things I was avoiding)... so any time i felt dizzy i'd eat some potato chips- and it helped a lot.

later in the pg my BP was up... never got too high- but was creeping up more and more towards the end.

MagPie08

With the twins, my BP stayed low until the very end, when I developed pre-e/hellp. With this pregnancy, it has stayed low (same as yours) the whole way through. Make sure you're drinking a lot of fluids and getting enough salt in your diet too. Low BP is a good thing, but can sometimes make you light headed. 

hanncanna

i have higher blood pressure pre-pregnancy and have been on medication. my blood pressure dropped quite a bit from week 4 to 12, so i had to cut my dose. during week 12 i had an episode where it was the weekend and i didn't drink as much water as i do during the week (when i'm on more of a schedule and sitting in one place with my water bottle all day). my blood pressure took a scary dive and got way too low due to dehydration--the babies took the water they needed from my blood and decreased my blood volume. as soon as i drank 24 oz of water, i felt much better and it rose to a normal level.

 kind of off topic but watch out for this too. i would have never thought that not drinking enough water could affect my blood pressure so quickly and so obviously.