blood pressure?

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  jezebel57 member

  December 2013

  savannah_girl said:

  It drops many people but they have medication for that. 

  
  

  The first thing that the nurse does before the Dr gives the anesthesia is to give you a 1-2 L fluid bolus. This is the first line in protection. Then after that, if needed they can give meds through the IV if needed.

  
  

  Most mom's don't even know that their B/P was low. 

  thank you!!! i knew there was medication to lower bp but didn't know about raising it! lol.  

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  EmR22 member

  December 2013

  With my 2nd and 3rd c section in the recovery room my blood pressure dipped very low. They gave me a shot and it went right back up with no problems. It's fairly common from what I understand.

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  jg1011 member

  January 2014

  jezebel57 said:

  Hi all, I am 34 weeks with mono/di twins and they are being taken by c section at 36 weeks.  I am absolutely terrified!  My one top concern, which the OB told me not to worry about, however I will have to wait to talk to the anesthesiologist about it when I go in that morning, is my blood pressure.  I normally run 100/60 at the MOST.  Sometimes it drops down to 90/50 or lower.  I know spinals and epidurals can drop your bp and I am terrified I am going to end up with general.  Any experience with LOW bp?  I know its not the norm!  

  
  

  Thank you! 

  
  I have a medical condition causing my BP to be very low and to drop easily. My docs were very concerned about the drop caused by the spinal. We has a meeting with anesthesiologist prior. They decided to:

  
  

   1. Start 2 Iv lines rather than just 1. Try could open them both wide to push fluids/meds if needed 2. I was started on IV drip several hours prior to my cs. This extra fluid volume helped BP 

  3. Meds on hand to raise BP if needed (yes, I needed them, but once they were in I felt much better.

  
  

  I was awake and aware of everything the whole time!

  
  

  I also wasn't allowed out of bed a little longer than what's average. They needed my BP to stabilize. 

  
  

  Good luck!

   

  

   

  

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