HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE - PLEASE HELP
Hello girlies, I have suffered from high bloody pressure from about the age of 12 due to both my parents having it and was never treated for it as It was never a huge problem. It was high for someone of my age but no for me as it was always like it. Anyway now I am pregnant it is a problem. They have today put me on medication for it but the pharmasist seemed a little cautious of giving it to me and asked if I was getting checked weekly, midwife didn't say that i had to so i said no. He said that the baby and I should be checked on a weekly basis. The doctor prescribed Labetalol - has anyone else been given medication at all? I am really worried about it. Any help or advise would be much appreciated.
Tracey
16 weeks
Tracey
16 weeks
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it should be avoided in 1st trimester however. Was it a consultant who precribed this because if it was i would be reassured.
Filo x
it should be avoided in 1st trimester however. Was it a consultant who precribed this because if it was i would be reassured.
Filo x
I have suffered high bp for what feels like forever but for me pg seems to make my bp drop to a safer level. Its not great but is better then normal and I'm monitored closely during pg's. I was offered tablets for this pg but I said I wanted to wait to see what happend further on and all seems to be doing fine. I average 130/88 and when not pg I average 150/100 when not on tablets. The tablets I usually take can not be taken during pg as they are harmful to baby. I used to take Lisinipril 5mg once a day.
Try not to worry to much about it or you will make your bp higher.
Kerry, Freya and Bump
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For all those who don't know Doctors go by 120/80 being a perfect bp for all those under 65 with 10 either side being the norm (so 110/70 or 130/90) But during pg they don't like the bottom/smaller number going over 90.
I was told that the medications say not suitable during pregnancy/breastfeeding because they don't conduct clinical trials on pregnant/breast feeding women but that labetalol was the drug most commonly given as it had proven success rates without problems.
Definately talk to doctor/consultant if you are concerned about taking the meds though as they will be able to reassure you. I think I took mine for about 6-8 weeks gradually weaning off them until my blood pressure stabalised and I had no problems or side effects and my blood pressure has stayed normal.
Hope your blood pressure stabalises soon. Definately good that you are getting twice weekly checks just to be on the safe side. I had to go once a week for c hecks but if I have another baby I'm sure I'll be on regular monitoring again just in case!
Hope that helps
I am at the doctors again tonight for monitoring as Labetalol is used as it lowers the blood pressure extremely fast and they want to see if it is having any affect. I am seeing the consultant tomorrow so will go into depth with him I hope. He is apparently fantastic at he's job so everyone keeps telling me so I do hope he helps. Marc is a real worrier and I can see him getting into panic lol