Blood pressure
Anyone in here dealt with high BP/pre E? Would love to hear your experience. For the last few weeks I’ve been getting these weird episodes where I’m doing something and my head will start pounding, face gets hot, and chest feels weird and tight and then it’ll go away after I sit for a few min. I got a home BP cuff and started checking during these episodes and sure enough my BP has been spiking. It’s usually only my diastolic that spikes and goes anywhere from 89-108, and my systolic always stays either low or slightly elevated but never above 140. I thought maybe my home cuff was off so I went to Walmart and checked on Tuesday and got a reading of 137/91, so I went to OB triage that night just to be send home an hour later after fine readings after I was there resting. I’m confused why only my diastolic seems to be spiking and why only when I try and do things, and yet my BP is totally normal when at rest. Has anyone dealt with this before?
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Im thinking its not accurate. Could be the cuff. Make sure your feet are flat on the ground, cuffs in the correct spot, plugged in all the way etc. I would let your midwife/ob know at your next appointment how you feel etc. Just keep taking them and writing them down.
Hi Mama, I got diagnosed with gestational hypertension at 36 weeks due to HBP, then I developed preclampsia at 37 weeks due to protein in urine and more HBPs.
Only symptoms I had was high blood pressure and the protein in urine.
No headaches, no dizziness, no blurry vision. Every body is different, make sure you seek help if you feel just a bit off!
I had high blood pressure that I was told was pre-eclampsia while in labor with my first but that's not how it was noted in my chart so I'm not sure which is accurate. But it was definitely much higher. Be aware and make anyone around you aware of the other symptoms of pre-eclampsia/ eclampsia. But I suspect it is just that blood pressure varies some what throughout the day so they aren't worried. But definitely talk to your OB about running the urine test if you're very nervous about it and ask them when you should be seeking out additional support/ER
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Anyone in here dealt with high BP/pre E? Would love to hear your experience. For the last few weeks I’ve been getting these weird episodes where I’m doing something and my head will start pounding, face gets hot, and chest feels weird and tight and then it’ll go away after I sit for a few min. I got a home BP cuff and started checking during these episodes and sure enough my BP has been spiking. It’s usually only my diastolic that spikes and goes anywhere from 89-108, and my systolic always stays either low or slightly elevated but never above 140. I thought maybe my home cuff was off so I went to Walmart and checked on Tuesday and got a reading of 137/91, so I went to OB triage that night just to be send home an hour later after fine readings after I was there resting. I’m confused why only my diastolic seems to be spiking and why only when I try and do things, and yet my BP is totally normal when at rest. Has anyone dealt with this before?
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