High Blood Pressure
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High Blood Pressure After Pregnancy
Asked by A.R. from Charlotte
on February 4, 2008
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My daughter is 8 months old and I am still on High Blood pressure medicine. I never had any problems before the pregancy. Some say it will go away, but some say it won...
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- Well, did you have high blood pressure during pregnancy?? I had it both times I was pregnant and had my 2 daughters both two months early because of it...my blood pre...
- There is a book about gallbladder flushes and liver flushes that I'm reading for myself..as I discovered gallstones during pregnancy. Anyway, the books contention is t...
- A.: I have had high blood pressure since the birth of my son 3 1/2 years ago. They told me to take an asprin a day and my blood pressure meds. I've just tried to ...
Postpartum High Blood Pressure
Asked by V.B. from Dallas
on September 12, 2009
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I just delivered 3 days ago and after the delivery when vitals were taken my blood pressure was semi high. It never went down within normal limits and since it was no...
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- I had to take blood pressure meds for several months post delivery. You should be checking it regularly and reporting highs to your dr.
- You can still develop pregnancy-induced hypertension in the post-partum period!! New research supports this - as it was once thought delivery was the treatment for thi...
- i had high blood pressure too after the baby and bedrest didnt work either..they ended up putting me on blood pressure medicine and im still on it and my baby is 5 mon...
High Blood Pressure After Delivery
Asked by J.M. from Lansing
on June 29, 2008
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Hi, I'm wondering if there is any one who has had this happen to them and how it turned out. I delivered my 4th baby in may by ceaserean. Never had a problem with my...
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- Hi Jacki, My daughter just gave birth to her third child in June. It was a second VBAC and labor went fine. However during labor her blood pressure spiked. She did ...
- Dear J., Wow, that is stressful! As if being the mother of four wasn't stressful enough. I have not had this problem, but I am a nurse so I had a few ideas. First ...
- I spiked a high blood pressure after a c-section. It was while relatives who were there to help but were very critical of everything I did were there. Hmmmmmmm I ...
Pregnant with High Blood Pressure
Asked by D.H. from Miami
on July 18, 2009
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My sister recently found out she is pregnant. She has had very high blood pressure for many years (although no one knows why - she is young, very thin and quite activ...
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- I would tell her to take it. The benefit outweighs the risk in her case. I read the other responses, and I too am a nurse, so this is coming from a nursing standpoin...
- I always had high blood pressure until I got pregnant. Pregnancy actually settled that down for me (perhaps, because I ate more healthy and also exercised more. Becau...
- My BP shot up around my 30th week and I delivered at 35 weeks. I was put on Labatelol once a day then up to 2 times a day. My OB/GYN was the one who researched this ...
Q About Hypertension
Asked by C.A. from Portland
on October 28, 2008
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So my DH went to the dentist and they took his blood pressure and said it was 137/99. I just read that 140/90 is hypertension and he is prehypertension. What I can't s...
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- IS your husband nervous when he goes to the dentist? I work in the dental field and that is common when people are having dental work. He should see his physician to...
- Hi C., First of all, it may be nothing. If he was nervous at the dentist's office that can raise his blood pressure. But it is something you'll want to start tracki...
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_pressure Copy and paste this link and it will give you a little info. I think googling it and reading about it with a follow up to ...
Pregnant with High Blood Pressure?
Asked by F.S. from Indianapolis
on August 18, 2009
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Hi this is my story
I've gone through two pregnancies and i did not have high blood pressure if anything it was low ...now im pregnant agian but my blood pressure is ...
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- I don't want to sound like the ER doc's But I think you should call your Doctor and tell them what's going on at least maybe they work something out for you that hi of...
- I had pregnancy induced hypertention (PIH) with my first daughter. Mine didn't start until I was in my third trimester though. I was put on Procardia, 60 mg once a day...
- Please make sure to give an update. I am almost 13wks and am very close to your same bp. My doctor said they will just need to closely monitor it. I haven't been presc...
What Do You Know About High Blood Pressure?
Asked by R.D. from Richmond
on October 5, 2011
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I've always had high blood pressure... well, above 'normal' (which is 120/80)... The past few time's I've been to the doctor for various reasons, I've received letters...
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- buy a blood pressure machine, they aren't very much and you can get them at most drug stores. Keep a log of it at home High blood pressure runs on my mom's side of ...
- Sorry R., I don't have time to read the other responses so I apologize in advance if I repeat anything. My only experience with high blood pressure is with my son, Bry...
- I have had high blood pressure for the last 12 - 13 years. The doctor that diagnosed it (an internist that I highly respect) said if you have 1 parent that has it you...
What! High Blood Pressure Now?!
Asked by H.J. from Minneapolis
on May 22, 2010
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I delivered my third just about three weeks ago and just go out of the hospital after a few day stay due to high blood pressure (very, very high for me) 215/105 is wh...
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- Hello! I'm so glad you asked this question, as I have been dealing with the exact same issue myself for months. With my first child, my BP spiked right at the end ...
- I had an onset of high blood pressure with both my pregnancies. My kids are 10 and 12 now, I am 37 years old and continue to have high blood pressure. I am on two me...
- I know my situation isn't exactly like yours but I had pre-eclampsia with my son. We had to deliver 4 weeks early via c-section do to it. I never had blood pressure is...
High Blood Pressure
Asked by J.L. from Denver
on January 17, 2011
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Hi moms!
I have cronic high blood pressure that is controlled with medication. My husband and I decided a while back to try for baby #3. I vistited with my doctor and...
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- Go to www.prevention.com It is "Prevention" magazine. Very good. And just input "high blood pressure" in the search box. Also, my Mom has HBP. Per her Doctor, sh...
- Conn's syndrome is what causes high blood pressure. Blood pressure is controlled by the hormone aldosterone. When you are secreting too much, you are retaining too muc...
- I know it's hard not to worry, but try to relax - that will help!!! My family (my husband, three kids, and myself) takes a liquid, whole-food nutritional supplement...
High Blood Pressure
Asked by C.P. from Washington DC
on September 27, 2007
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I have been on blood pressure medicine since the birth of my first child and I just found out I am pregnant with my second. Has anyone ever been on the meds while preg...
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- Hi C.. I had high blood pressure and was on medication after the birth of my first child as well. When I found out I was pregnant the second time, I was on medicatio...
- I developed high blood pressure in the third trimester of my first pregnancy, but I never had to take a prescription for it. My blood pressure returned to normal about...
- At the end of my pregnancy with my oldest daughter, I was put on blood pressure medicine and I had been taking 1 baby aspirin a day until I was 36 wks due to pregnancy...
