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Strange symptoms - what do you think?

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Last night around 3am I woke up completely shaking with the chills.  I was literally shaking so hard that it woke me up (I had actually gone to sleep for a change) and the shaking lasted for a good two minutes before I could get it under control.  The temp in our house was 70 degrees and I had kicked off the blankets while I slept apparently.  I took my temp, thinking maybe I had a fever and it came back 97.9 degrees.  I put on some warmer clothes, some fuzzy socks, and listened to the doppler....baby's HB sounded fine. 

I didn't think it was necessarily an emergency, so I didn't want to wake up the midwife on call with my OB.  I called L&D and s/w a nurse there who said that as long as I didn't have a fever, everything should be OK.

This morning I took my temp again and it was back up to 98.6 and no more shaking.  I also took my BP, which came back 132/76...higher than I have ever seen it.  My BP normally does not run any higher than 120/80.  I am not sure if this is high enough to be of concern and if that, coupled with the symptoms from last night, would suggest that I should call the on-call today. 

Anyone ever have this happen during pregnancy?  Do you think I should call in?  TIA!

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Re: Strange symptoms - what do you think?

  • dmfan897dmfan897
    I wouldn't worry about the chills because the hormones from pregnancy can really mess with your body. As for the blood pressure..if you were still feeling anxious about the chills than the increase could be from that. But at this point I guess  I would personally call the on-call just to see what they say. It's probably nothing but it's better to call and have it be nothing..than to wait at home and have it turn into something serious. 
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    I would spend the day relaxing and retest my BP intermittently.  If there is no change I may call the MW or someone.  If it continues to go up, def call. 
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