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Intro

Mar 31, 2008 11:06

Name/LJ name: Melissa/nionealmare
Age: 28
Location: Chicago
Partner's name: Sean
Due date: 6/22/08
Reason for joining: I'm joining because I started my pregnancy under the care of a midwife, but after my first appointment at 8 weeks or so was classified as high risk because of slightly elevated blood pressure and a fast pulse. The midwife referred me ( Read more... )

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txtarheel March 31 2008, 16:53:49 UTC

Is that your normal blood pressure when you aren't pregnant? Or has it gone up during your pregnancy?

That's where mine is all the time and through two pregnancies (I'm 35 weeks with my second) no one is all that concerned. I've also got tachycardia with a resting pulse between about 105-115.

Do you think they are just assuming you'll develop GD and classified you high risk for that reason?

nionealmare March 31 2008, 17:13:24 UTC

Normal when not pregnant is usually about 120/80. The midwife seemed concerned because "normal" is for BP to go down at the beginning of pregnancy, and she was concerned that mine was up a little. It's been all over the place this whole pregnancy, for a long time I was under 120/80, but for the last week or so I've been consistently 130/80 with a few readings at 140-something/80-something. Last doctor visit, I got the talk about preeclampsia, with signs to watch for. I've been taking my BP twice a day at home for a few months now, so I'm on the lookout for dramatic increases ( ... )

hermionesmum March 31 2008, 20:20:49 UTC

I'm a bit scared for you that your doctors may get a bit intervention happy, too. While pre-e is not something to take lightly, a rise of 10mmHg on it's own doesn't sound significant ( ... )

nionealmare April 2 2008, 20:06:02 UTC

Thanks so much for the reply! To date, I'm not too worried about my BP. I have an at home BP monitor that goes around my wrist (upper arms too big for most cuffs I could find at the drug store) and it seems to get similar readings to the doctor's office. Since I relaxed a bit, my white coat response has been less, and I'm getting normal readings at the office, too, not just at home.

I definitely try to down the water, but I'm usually in the 80oz range for the day, when I'm aiming for 96. Ah well, always trying to improve, I guess. I'm trying to sleep on my left side, but I always seems to wake up on my back. Ugh.

Feel free to add me, but I never use my personal journal. I just like to participate in comms. So I might not add much to your f-list ;)