Sneaking over... (Blood Pressure)

Re: Sneaking over... (Blood Pressure)

• MamatoJackson

  April 2010

  Yes - Watch your sodium intake and stress-levels.

  I had elevated blood pressure throughout and they just monitored it and then had me come in for weekly NST's for the last month but all was well and I was induced at 40 weeks, 5 days.  (Which ended in a C). 

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• sarajo317

  April 2010

  My baby was sitting on my nerve... so when I stood up or laid flat on my back my bp would be really elevated... so i did ALOT of laying on my left side... I mean ALOT.. it did help tho.. until around 36 weeks and I had to go on bedrest because of protein in my urine and loads of swelling.. but I didnt have pre-e since my bp wasnt elevated ALL the time!!

   

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• x55centsxshortx member

  April 2010

  I had severe pre-e and was being watched from 18 weeks on.  I wasn't diagnosed until 33 weeks.  My base line BP was 98/72 and at 18 weeks it was 130/78 with no protein present.  For there my my BP would be high at some appointments and not at others. Meanwhile, I had protein present sometimes but never with a high BP.  That was until week 33 I was admitted to the hospital with BP of 160/110 and +4 protein.  I had labile BPs that would randomly swing upward of 205/125 and was hospitalized until DD was born @36 weeks.  I could just tell something was off and I had a monster of a case of pre-e.  

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• Coles404 member

  April 2010

  My bp was first elevated at an appointment around 22 weeks.  My doc had me take a baby aspirin every day.  At every appointment after that it was elevated until around 32 weeks when it really got high.  I was checking my own bp and it was 170/100 at my office and when I called the dr. they had me come straight over and it was 180/110.  They sent me straight to the hospital for monitoring. 

  My bp stayed elevated and I began having higher levels of protein in my urine.  My dr. put me on two types of bp medicine and kept upping the dosages.  He finally dx. me with pre-eclampsia at 36 weeks and I had DD the next day by c-section.  I was kept in the hospital for a week because it wouldn't go down.

  I didn't realize how serious high bp was until a few days after I had her the nurse was checking my bp and freaked out.  It was so high she thought I was going to have a stroke on her.  I never once had the headaches or visual disturbances that most pre-e girls have. 

  My bp is finally down, I am still on labetlol and hoping my family dr. will wean me off of it soon.

  GL

  Oh and in my case... changing my diet and being stress free and on bedrest did not work for me. 

   

  
  

  

   

  

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• HeatherHearts2003

  April 2010

  Thanks everyone for sharing your stories! It's always nice to know your not alone.
  

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