pregnancy induced hypertension

i have had this in 2 of my 3 other pregnancies and it started in the last trimester within the last month so i knew there was an end to it soon and that bubs would more than likely be ok if for any reason had to come out fast...

so im 7 weeks pregnant now and had a blood pressure check the other day and it was already really bad- 145/92 and that isnt normal for me at this stage! (130/70 normal) i am really really freaking out, been scared and withdrawn for the last couple of days of course i did the wrong thing by googling (why dont i ever learn?) any way now of course i read the worst and im a mess! lol.

anyway just want to know if anyone else has had it this early on in pregnancy, i read that before 20 weeks gestation its known as cronic hpertension?
what has the outcome been? i need to here some good cause all i saw in my search was increased risk of bubs and mum dying! (i said i read the worst!) strokes, IGUR baby, still birth, placenta aging too fast, premature birth...

i need some sense knocked into me... i think i need to talk to a proffesional but i feel so stupid being so scared about probably nothing! meanwhile all the stress im feeling wont be doing me any good!

right sorry i really have needed to talk... i just feel so gutted, and am thinking thoughts in my head which i want OUT!

thanks shirena
im just having one of those moments, hubby is at work and im a right mess in tears, i just dont know who to talk to, my midwife thinks its normal for me but i know it isnt... im just scared for my health aswell as the baby's health. i got really depressed in my last pregnancy with kayla when it shot up to the highest it has ever been i was so scared.
its hard talking to some people casue its like its only high blood pressure whoopdedo! but i know how serious it can be.
i stopped drinking caffine as soon as i found out i was pregnant and have been excersising as much as i can between the nasty pregnancy sickness i have had. thanks for the advice,will get more water into me and cut out salt! eek! how do you do that? lol. i just find it so hard to ask for help from people i feel bad.

Awww... I haven't had high BP so no advice, but just wanted to offer some support. I guess the stress of having #4 and not telling family (and anticipating what will happen when you do) probably doesn't help the stress much either.

Perhaps then if you hadn't have had so much soup this week, your bp would have been 'normal' (for you) and so you're actually fine. Even if it's not the case, it might do ya good to believe it anyhow

Dh had a high blood pressure for a short while so I read a book on how to reduce it naturally. It included tips like eating tomatoes/tomato sauce; grapes/grape juice; and dark chocolate 85%+ cocoa. Reducing salt will help too.
Have a chat to your m/w or have a look in the library for a book you can read.

thanks mel! your a sweetie

sally belly wrote: I go to yoga & listen to a relaxation CD as often as I can which I think really helps me to relax & not think about anything else. But with 3 other kids running around you may not have the time to do this

hehe the idea of doing yoga while watching 3 kids so they don't do anything they shouldn't.....

Hi Rach,

Another one here who had high BP with pregnancy, although I was like you with your previous pregnancies and only had it in the last few weeks. However, it took ages to get back to normal after the birth and I'm really paranoid and scared about it shooting up again this time, so I know how you feel! Google is not your friend in this regard (been there!).

Heaps of good advice on here, especially about the salt and drinking lots of water. Sounds like you are onto it with exercise. Licorice definitely does put BP up, so stop eating that. And when you have your BP taken at the midwife, try to get her to take it after you've been sitting down for a while. I've also heard that accupuncture can help with blood pressure, so you might want to look into that?
For me, knowing that I am doing things to help makes me less stressed about it, although I always get nervous before a BP check, which doesn't help! Just remember that BP is variable, it changes at different times of the day. You'll probably find that your next reading will be back down again.

Rach I have had it bad as well. With Josh it was all over the place. If it continues they may put you on BP pills (I hated them - they made me sick) but it may control it enough till 36 weeks.

I was just flicking through a pregnancy mag(even though I'm not pg...yet! ) I someone had written in saying that eating bananas every day is ment to help regulate BP during pgy. I'm not sure how accurate this is but a few bananas would hurt, and I also found that bananas helped calm my cravings down a bit too. Well they did in my first pgy but not in my second pgy.