high blood pressure

Lil_Gem_1989 · Jun 12th, 2009, 07:09 AM

my blood pressure was high in the last 2 months of my pregnancy and i had to stay in hospital for a while.
now, it still hasnt gone back down to what it should be.
i have a home blood pressure monitor and i check it daily. its been around 140/80ish and last night when i checked it it was 142/98.
when i saw the doctor about it a few weeks back he told me to come off the bp tablets but because its still high ive gone back on them as ive been getting really bad headaches and blurred vision

i have a docs appointment booked for tomorrow.
does anyone else hav high blood pressure?
xx

Charlie5 · Jun 15th, 2009, 10:53 AM

Yes i do!

I had hypertension pre pregnancy and just before going into labour it was well above 100 (bottom figure) and was also sent to hospital because of it.

Alfie is just over a week old and its still over 100 and am being monitored constantly for it.

Not sure what they are gonna do but just wanted to say I am in the same boat!

Lil_Gem_1989 · Jun 17th, 2009, 10:24 AM

thanks charlie. i have been feeling really dizzy and lightheaded recently and for the last few days my bp has been over 100 (bottom fugure). on sunday night it was 143/109 :O and mon night it was 144/107. i have been docs twice and rang nhs direct mon night and none of them will help me

its making me feel really bad though. what do you recommend i do? just keep going back to docs until they help me? xx

Happy · Jun 17th, 2009, 16:36 PM

I cant believe your doctor isn't sending you to hospital and telling you to come off the tablets. I had blood pressure that high in the last few weeks of my pregnancy and I was hospitalised so they could monitor me. It has taken 3 months to go back to normal but I had to be checked every week at the doctor and I have only just come off my tablets. I would go back and really push for them to do something it doesn't sound as though you are getting the proper care you need. If you are feeling lighthead and dizzy it is really not good and can be dangerous. xx

Charlie5 · Jun 18th, 2009, 11:41 AM

I would keep pestering to ensure they monitor you as its need keeping an eye on. I would tell them you feel it needs monitoring - I doubt they'll refuse my dr and mw have been right on the ball with it (mw visited daily to check me) - hope yours are too.

Lil_Gem_1989 · Jun 20th, 2009, 14:51 PM

no my hv stopped coming after the first week! they're terrible round here. i went back to docs today and he said he would finally put me on bp tablets. and i hav blood tests booked for tues so i am getting somewhere. I've also found that my heart has been racing, mainly at night and when that happens i feel wide awake and cannot sleep. this cant be normal

x

NoSpringChick · Jun 26th, 2009, 08:38 AM

I am in the high blood pressure camp too and my consultant told me we would wean me off the tablets, but the prescription I have got is for the same amount.

I want to come off them as when I test at my mums it is near normal for me.

Jun 12th, 2009, 07:09 AM	#1
Lil_Gem_1989 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 502	high blood pressure my blood pressure was high in the last 2 months of my pregnancy and i had to stay in hospital for a while. now, it still hasnt gone back down to what it should be. i have a home blood pressure monitor and i check it daily. its been around 140/80ish and last night when i checked it it was 142/98. when i saw the doctor about it a few weeks back he told me to come off the bp tablets but because its still high ive gone back on them as ive been getting really bad headaches and blurred vision i have a docs appointment booked for tomorrow. does anyone else hav high blood pressure? xx

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Jun 15th, 2009, 10:53 AM	#2
Charlie5 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 321	Yes i do! I had hypertension pre pregnancy and just before going into labour it was well above 100 (bottom figure) and was also sent to hospital because of it. Alfie is just over a week old and its still over 100 and am being monitored constantly for it. Not sure what they are gonna do but just wanted to say I am in the same boat!

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Jun 17th, 2009, 10:24 AM	#3
Lil_Gem_1989 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 502	thanks charlie. i have been feeling really dizzy and lightheaded recently and for the last few days my bp has been over 100 (bottom fugure). on sunday night it was 143/109 :O and mon night it was 144/107. i have been docs twice and rang nhs direct mon night and none of them will help me its making me feel really bad though. what do you recommend i do? just keep going back to docs until they help me? xx

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Jun 17th, 2009, 16:36 PM	#4
Happy Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 1,887	I cant believe your doctor isn't sending you to hospital and telling you to come off the tablets. I had blood pressure that high in the last few weeks of my pregnancy and I was hospitalised so they could monitor me. It has taken 3 months to go back to normal but I had to be checked every week at the doctor and I have only just come off my tablets. I would go back and really push for them to do something it doesn't sound as though you are getting the proper care you need. If you are feeling lighthead and dizzy it is really not good and can be dangerous. xx

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Jun 18th, 2009, 11:41 AM	#5
Charlie5 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 321	I would keep pestering to ensure they monitor you as its need keeping an eye on. I would tell them you feel it needs monitoring - I doubt they'll refuse my dr and mw have been right on the ball with it (mw visited daily to check me) - hope yours are too.

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Jun 20th, 2009, 14:51 PM	#6
Lil_Gem_1989 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 502	no my hv stopped coming after the first week! they're terrible round here. i went back to docs today and he said he would finally put me on bp tablets. and i hav blood tests booked for tues so i am getting somewhere. I've also found that my heart has been racing, mainly at night and when that happens i feel wide awake and cannot sleep. this cant be normal x

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Jun 26th, 2009, 08:38 AM	#7
NoSpringChick Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,731	I am in the high blood pressure camp too and my consultant told me we would wean me off the tablets, but the prescription I have got is for the same amount. I want to come off them as when I test at my mums it is near normal for me.

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