Low blood pressure

[Marijana FC]

I am wondering if anybody else is suffering from low blood pressure? I know it is 'the healthy one' and we should be worried if it is high but I am finding it really difficult to cope with my 90/60 pressure! Especially with this stupid, humid weather! I constantly feel fainty; yesterday while walking I was so wobbly that at first I thought there was an earthquake?! Talked to my MW today but she didn't say anything really useful: just rest and drink a lot of water (and don't go out on your own in case you faint?!)

 

[BEX101]

I know how you feel! Mine has been low all the way thru the pregnancy. Everytime i mention it they look at you like your mad and you should be gratefull. Aparently some people are just like that but it does worry me (i'm not a super fit super slim teenager)
I'm 32, in the last trimester of pregnancy, aparantly (acording to the nhs) overweight. Not particulary fit and going thru a very stressfull period (just been made redundant, lost most of my maternity pay, moving 400 miles away after the baby is born and trying to organise a wedding - oh and all by myself 'cos the OH is in Afganistan) And there's a history of high bloodpressure in the family.
I would have thought my bloodpressure would be a little higher!

But no i should be gratefull? It worries me that there is a underlying medical problem causing it.

 

[Funkylady]

mines is regularly somewhere between 100/50 and 100/60. never rising.

Is this low? I too get quite serious dizzy spells, even just sitting down or travelling?

I haven't mentioned it to my midwife cos didnt wanna look like a paranoid chump!

hope Im not highjacking your thread

Angela xx

 

[BEX101]

i'd mention it if i were you. At least its on record then. I got told in the begining it can be low anyway but in the 3rd tri it normaly goes up.

 

[enn]

hey yea mines low blood pressure, has been all throughout my pregnancy. i do feel faint sometimes and have done twice at my anti natal appointments. its so damn hot in the surgery and waiting room. i havnt actually fainted tho i mean ive felt dizzy even when sitting. i hear a buzzing noise and see blurred vision. mw tells me to put my head downa nd she fetches some water. also she sticks a fan on to cool me down if im really hot. had to do that and lie down i was that bad this time but able to walk home without being picked up unlike last time. its a nightmare but hopefully mines nearly over