New mom and question

Hi! My name is Leah and we had our first baby on Friday 11/1. We are over the moon in love with our DD

I have a quick question. I ended up having to go to the ER on Friday night for severe swelling post csection. It turns out that my Blood pressure was also high. 150/90. Went to dr today and Blood pressure is still the same. They are now starting me on a BP med. I have never had high BP before. Kinda scared. Has this happened to anyone else?

Message edited 11/11/2013 3:15:52 PM.

New mom and question

My BP was a little high in the last few weeks of my pregnancy. I just had to be careful about avoiding salt, drinking a ton of water, and just lying down when I didn't feel well bc I would get headaches and problems with my vision. I had no issues in the hospital during or after delivery. About a week alter when I was seeing a LC they checked it and it was super high. My ob had me come in to check it once a week for about a month and I also monitored it at home once a day. I never did need meds and eventually it subsided. Hopefully it goes away soon. Congrats!

Re: New mom and question

Your body will be going nuts for the next few weeks or more. I'm sure it's nothing and you're just adjusting again to live without a baby inside of you! Plus your body is healing, you're probably sleeping a lot less, etc. Give it some time and I'm sure everythign will go back to normal.

Re: New mom and question

Oh yes. I was readmitted after delivering DS (just a couple weeks before you) for high bp. It was 180/100 when they admitted me! I do have a pre-existing condition so they were extra careful with me BUT they started me on a ton of new meds and now, 3 weeks later, I'm off almost all of them. The extra blood volume and fluids from pregnancy and delivery can make BP high. In all honesty 150/90 isn't THAT THAT high in terms of 'danger zone'. Just try to relax, anxiety will make your bp higher, take your meds and I bet you in 2 weeks your bp is normal again! I just went through this so feel free to FM me any questions.

New mom and question

DD isn't here yet but I never had high BP until I got pregnant. I've been on meds since I was about 12 weeks or so and they've brought down my BP immensely. I went from 150/98 to 118/80 in about 10 weeks. No symptoms, no side effects, nothing.

ETA: The doctors have been very happy with the way I've reacted to the meds.

Message edited 11/11/2013 5:29:08 PM.

New mom and question

my bp also ran high after delivery. it was still high when i was dc'd from the hospital. i had to follow up with my primary care dr who felt i didn't need medication management. it eventually subsided after a few weeks. i was really really anxious about it though which i'm sure didn't help.

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My BP went up the day I went into labor and I was put on meds. By 2w pp it had regulated and at 8w pp my dr started weaning me off the med.

ETA: congratulations!!!

Message edited 11/11/2013 9:02:46 PM.