very fed up

[susie]

Well just got back from midwife appt and my blood pressure is high 140/94 they want to retest me in morning then if still the same i'm off to hospital, i had blood ressure problems with my last pregnancy(13 years ago)and was hospitilised i am sooooo worried this will happen again. Any info would be appreciated.

 

[laura-82]

Hope things are better for you tomorrow.

Good Luck

 

[jenna]

 

[happy-chick]

Hope you BP comes down by tomorrow hun

 

[kelsey]

Sorry to hear this. My mum who suffered with high blood pressure has sworn by eating 2 bananas a day. Her blood pressure is fine now but down know if its coz of the bananas or not. Btw she still eats them everyday even tho its back to normal.

 

[susie]

thank you ladies i am just really worried about being taken into hospital as i suffer from panic attacks, i am also anxious because this is still quite early in my pregnancy and fear for my babies well being.

thank you all again

 

[kelsey]

Just had a look on google and found this so maybe it does work - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/264552.stm

 

[susie]

wow the banana trick is defo worth a try

 

[okiegirl]

fingers crossed for u,try not to stress too much and rest as much as possible

 

[ella]

It might just be high because you were anxious getting it done, they wont admit you surely unless it is consistantly high - maybe they could do a 24 hour monitor??

Dark chocolate is supposed to be good also - 2 squares / day

 

[Pregnopaws]

I worry about this too as mine was high in last pregnancy. I dont really know what the symptoms are so I worry and go lie down whenever I get a headache, tired, a bit breathless and feel generally dodgy. (huh like most of the time ) Lying down lowers your pressure so try not to panic, and that banana thing sounds useful, im going to try it! xx

 

[Ellied]

I don't have any advice but i hope it settles down.

Often the worry of a situation can increase your BP.

If it is the same tomorrow i would mention your anxiety and see if you can get a device to check it at home.

 

[Josephine_Beth]

My blood pressure is usally 100/80 but when I wasn't well, it raised to 130/90.

I cut salt out of ALL of my foods, even foods that had added salt, ate more fruit and try to stay calm. It lowered my blood pressure within 3 days to it's normal rate.

Dunno if it would work for you but thought I would let you know xx

 

[susie]

thanks for all the tips it really helps i'm in bed at he moment on laptop and will stay here if necessary, i suffered from 34 weeks to term last time with h/b but we got to term and spontaneous labour even though Charlotte was on small side at 5 pound 6 so heres hoping this will happen again.

 

[Gruntie2]

i have really high blood pressure.. i wouldn't worry... my doctor put me on some trandate tablets which are blood pressure tablets which are safe to take during pregnancy... at the moment now it is 136/74 which is good..... i just have to get it checked every other week just to make sure they don't need to up my dosage
Good luck tomorrow

 

[susie]

well i went this morning and things are a little better but still on the high side, they have told me to keep resting and they will kepp assessing me so i am feeling better at least no move to hospital that i was dreading