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monkeybride
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Here we go again...High BP
I had it with my DD but seemed to be doing well this time around. Luckily it was never pre eclampsia but I'll tell you twice a week visits are a PITA.
It was high a few weeks ago, really high so they sent me to L&D. It ended up being find and all my labs were fine. Went for my recheck and it was find. Whew, though I was in the clear. Wrong! I went to my appt. Wed and it was high then for a recheck today and it was still high. Back I go on Tuesday. 
I hope it goes down to normal again.
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wannabemom
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Re: Here we go again...High BP
ugh.... I'm right there with you....
my BP is boarderline right now.... something like 130/90  I'm trying to slow down more and drink more fluids.
(no protein in urine, and the biophysical assays look great, so the Dr's aren't terribly concerned as of yet....)
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| Posted 9/12/08 4:55 PM |
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monkeybride
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Re: Here we go again...High BP
Posted by wannabemom
ugh.... I'm right there with you....
my BP is boarderline right now.... something like 130/90 I'm trying to slow down more and drink more fluids.
(no protein in urine, and the biophysical assays look great, so the Dr's aren't terribly concerned as of yet....)
Yeah mine was 138/95 on Wednesday and 134/88 today. Grrr!
Low BP vibes for both of us!!
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| Posted 9/12/08 4:57 PM |
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Jencee73
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Re: Here we go again...High BP
Last Saturday mine was 160/90. MY mom took it again on Wednesday and it was 120/60. I just hope tomorrow when I go for my Level II and I ask for my blood pressure to be taken, its still low. Being on bed rest this week totally sucked.
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| Posted 9/12/08 7:21 PM |
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MelToddJulia
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Re: Here we go again...High BP
Jen, do you have a BP kit at home? I got one at CVS for like $100 bucks and I was able to test myself like 3 times a day to make sure my BP was normal, cause I had Julia 2 weeks early cause of high BP so I wanted to make sure it was normal with baby #2.
Watch your salt intake and drink lots of water!!
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| Posted 9/12/08 9:11 PM |
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Jencee73
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Re: Here we go again...High BP
Posted by MelToddJulia
Jen, do you have a BP kit at home? I got one at CVS for like $100 bucks and I was able to test myself like 3 times a day to make sure my BP was normal, cause I had Julia 2 weeks early cause of high BP so I wanted to make sure it was normal with baby #2.
Watch your salt intake and drink lots of water!!
Yeah, DH's grandmother let me borrow hers. I tried taking my BP myself, but I didn't know what the hell I was doing. I know last week I had too much salt, so being home this week, I really watched myself.
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| Posted 9/12/08 9:34 PM |
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jinglemommy
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Re: Here we go again...High BP
go buy some starbursts for a snack..no sodium. keep drinking water and lie on your left hand side as much as possible!
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| Posted 9/13/08 5:32 PM |
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monkeybride
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Re: Here we go again...High BP
Posted by MelToddJulia
Jen, do you have a BP kit at home? I got one at CVS for like $100 bucks and I was able to test myself like 3 times a day to make sure my BP was normal, cause I had Julia 2 weeks early cause of high BP so I wanted to make sure it was normal with baby #2.
Watch your salt intake and drink lots of water!!
I got one at Costco today. All my reading were perfectly normal. Let's hope it stays that way.
Luckily with Miranda I was only diagnosed with pregnancy induced hypertension, it never got super high and I never had pre-eclampsia signs. I know every pregnancy is different but I'm hoping that it doesn't get any worse than that, even better that it just goes back to normal.
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| Posted 9/13/08 10:41 PM |
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monkeybride
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Re: Here we go again...High BP
Well I got my own machine and all my readings have been totally normal.
I am going to bring it to my appointment tomorrow to compare the reading they get to what my machine gets to make sure it's accurate (I don't always trust these automatic ones). If that's the case I guess I'll just keep monitoring it at home and let them know if it gets high.
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| Posted 9/15/08 12:31 PM |
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Re: Here we go again...High BP
Posted by monkeybride
Well I got my own machine and all my readings have been totally normal.
I am going to bring it to my appointment tomorrow to compare the reading they get to what my machine gets to make sure it's accurate (I don't always trust these automatic ones). If that's the case I guess I'll just keep monitoring it at home and let them know if it gets high.
This is what I did with Andrew. But it was always high and then one day it went nuts. That is the day they ended up doing an emergency c-section on me. I am hoping it stays away this time.
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| Posted 9/15/08 12:35 PM |
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monkeybride
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Re: Here we go again...High BP
Luckily it never came to that with Miranda. I've been out of work for a few weeks for other medical reasons so hopefully that is helping too.
We'll see. I go tomorrow for the official reading.
Hoping you don't get high BP this time.
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| Posted 9/15/08 1:54 PM |
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