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high blood pressure

cridervcriderv member
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Hey ladies. This is my first pregnancy and at 33 weeks I started having high blood pressure problems. I was rushed to the emergency room with what I thought was a heart attack due to: dizziness, could barely breath, chest pain, floaters and abdominal pain. Come to find out, it was a severe anxiety attack and my blood pressure was through the roof. My doctor put me on Procardia xl 60mg for blood pressure and to prevent pre-eclampsia. My blood pressure still is not the best here are some examples:
126/59    hr 63   
172/84    hr 88    
178/72    hr 95     
164/88    hr 88     
160/78    hr 88      
175/88    hr 80      
167/96    hr 91      
143/73    hr 88     

These have been over the past few days - I was told to keep track of it. Have any of you ladies been induced for numbers like this? I have a sonogram scheduled in 4 days to "check on her and make some decisions" - my doctor said that. My doctor is normally calm, cool and collected but I can tell he's very concerned. He's been calling to check up on me. Just really need advice/stories.
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Re: high blood pressure

  • PugsandKissesPugsandKisses member
    B/p is only part of the story, it also depends on labs and symptoms.  
    Thank God for Raid.

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  • cMichelle0423cMichelle0423 member
    edited February 2016
    PugsandKisses said:
    B/p is only part of the story, it also depends on labs and symptoms.  
    This. Only your doctor can inform you on the chances of you needing to be induced based on your overall health. 

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  • taysuntaysun member
    I was induced at 37 weeks after I went in with a bp of 167/111 that wouldn't come down. 
    However, the blood pressure alone was not why I was induced. My blood work came back drastically different than it had the month before and I was diagnosed with pre eclampsia. 
    My OB/hospital consider 37 weeks to be full term if there is a medical reason to induce. 
    At 33 weeks it's likely they will exhaust all options before inducing to get you closer to 40 weeks. 
    If baby looks good and your labs are good, I imagine they will continue to manage your blood pressure. 
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