High blood pressure
Hi ladies
Can anyone please help settle my nerves because currently I’m a bit of a nervous wreck and struggling to sleep because of the worrying.
I’m 29 weeks today and pregnant with my second baby. My first pregnancy I had no problems with my blood pressure, I have also never had problems with my blood pressure when not pregnant. I have had no problems this pregnancy either until 2 days ago when I went to my consultant appoitment (28+5) and my blood pressure was 135/80 and I have +1 protein in my wee (my usual blood pressure at midwife apps has been around 120/78 ish).
They sent my urine off to the lab, it came back as all fine so that wasn’t an issue but I wasn’t happy with the blood pressure and know that things like this can lead to pre eclampsia which is in fact my biggest fear.
I coincidently had a growth scan yesterday
At the hospital so I decided to ring the day assessment unit and just ask that before my scan it I could come in and have my urine & blood pressure tested because I was concerned about the results I had the day before, they said it’s fine so I went in and had both done.
When I got to the hospital there was no longer any protein in my wee however my blood pressure was still high (originally about 145/80 and then came down to about 139/80) she told me to go for my scan and then come back as it could just be because I was quite anxious.
I went to the scan; everything was perfect. Baby was growing exactly as she should be for the gestation, flow from placenta was good, all looked well and healthy.
I then when back to the midwives and they redone my blood pressure a few times, again, still high. Started at about 141/ something and eventually come down the 138/ something I think was the final reading.
They decided to take my bloods to test me for what they said was pre eclampsia although they did say they wasn’t concerned as I had no protein in my wee, no swelling etc but it’s good to get it checked and tick it off the list. The blood test came back completely normal.
They let me go home and said nothing more about it, had no concerns and said right now there is nothing to worry about.
I don’t have a midwife appointment until next Friday but now live in fear of going because I’m scared of the results of the blood pressure machine and fear that it’s going to be high always and I’ll be sent to triage every single time etc
Does the above sound concerning to you or would you just try to relax? The midwives at the hospital told me to relax and enjoy my pregnancy but I’m finding it super hard 😢
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Aww I hope you’re okay it’s so worrying! I have had high blood pressure from 28 weeks i am now 33 weeks they put my in lebetamol twice a day which has been manageable and has kept it down but I’ve recently lost my dad and understandably it’s crept back up. I ended up back in triage yesterday and they have upped my dose to 3 times a day. It’s really stressful but I’m trying to not obsess over it because I had pre eclampsia in my last pregnancy and blended up having an emergency c section at 33 weeks. Thankfully there is no sign of pre eclampsia at the moment in my bloods or urine just hypertension. It’s really hard but try not to overthink sometimes it can be a bit of white coat syndrome as well which I’ve noticed with me I do readings at home and they are normal and and it spikes when I go into the hospital.
It could very well be that you’ve got the worry in your head which is keeping it more raised than normal. I would get a monitor for home so you can check it whilst more relaxed and get a more accurate reading.
yes I did think this, but I don’t really want to become obsessed with doing it at home if you know what I mean. I’m going to try and change my diet slightly and do more exercise in the hope that it could help and even if it doesn’t, it’s got to be doing some good x
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