I am 18 weeks pregnant and I have really high blood pressure??

Question

What else can I do to lower my blood pressure besides the obvious, like medication and just staying off my feet? Does anyone else have this problem?

Answer 1

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1. Watch Your Weight: In over weight people, a 10 percent reduction in total body weight will sometimes normalize blood pressure.
2. Get Physical: Go for a brisk 30-minute walk 6 days a week.
3. Meditate: A new study shows it works for teens too.
4. Try Yoga: It reduces stress and strengthens the mind and body.
6. Shake Off Salt: And sodium-rich foods such as soy sauce and canned soups.
78. Check Your Blood: Have cholesterol and triglycerides checked regularly.
9. Reject Refined Foods: Shun the sally, sugary, pre-made, preserved, fried and fatty.
10. Swear Off Sodas: Soft drinks can deplete potassium (see No. 20).
11. Find Fiber: Think veggies and whole grains.
12. Forgo Fat: Choose white fish and skinless chicken and turkey. Skip cheese, bacon, red meat, gravy and desserts.
13. Toss the Trans Fats: These are a greater risk than even saturated fats.
14. Howl for Whole Oats: Eaten daily, oats lower hypertension.
15. Try L-Carnitine: Another amino acid, also found in protein.
16. DASH Your Diet: DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) is high in fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy, and it's low in fat.
17. Defeat Diabetes: Diabetics who control their condition reduce hypertension risk.
18. Compute Your Body Mass Index: Multiply your weight in pounds by 703; then divide by your height in inches; then again divide by your height in inches. Try to stay between 18.5 and 24.9.
19. Mull Over a Multi: A daily multivitamin ensures that you're getting the basics.
20. Prefer Potassium: This crucial mineral is found in many fruits, vegetables, dairy foods, fish and supplements.
21. Make It Magnesium: It's in leafy greens, legumes, whole grains and supplements.
22. Value Vitamin C: The less vitamin C in the blood, the higher the blood pressure in hypertensive patients.
23. Boost Bioflavonoids: Available in fruits, vegetables and supplements, bioflavonoids enhance vitamin C's effect.
24. Embrace Vitamin E: Evidence suggests that vitamin E also magnifies vitamin C's blood pressure-lowering effect.
25. Get Milk: Hypertensive patients seldom drink enough milk--and they are usually low on calcium. Broccoli, spinach, tofu, goat milk and calcium supplements are alternatives.
26. Pick Pycnogenol: French maritime pine bark extract lowered blood pressure in a Chinese study, which was reported in the January 2, 2004 issue of Life Sciences.
27. Fish for Omega-3s: Stress essential fatty acid-containing foods or supplements of fish oil, flaxseed oil and primrose oil.
28. Queue Up for Coenzyme Q10: Hypertensive patients are often deficient in ubiquinone. Aside from supplements, organ meats are the richest sources.
29. Seize the Soy: Studies suggest that the isoflavones in soy, tofu, tempeh and miso make arterial walls more elastic.
30. Think Zinc: Zinc may reverse hypertension that has been caused by too much cadmium.
31. Have Some Hawthorn: An enzyme that can cause arteries to constrict is blocked by this berry.
32. Look for Linden: This blossom is often combined with hawthorn for blood pressure.
33. Target Taurine: This amino acid--available in protein and as a supplement--balances sodium and potassium in the blood, lowering blood pressure.
34. Crave Carrot Juice: Studies show it cleans arteries.
35. Cook with Cayenne: The capsicum in cayenne slows arteriosclerosis, which can cause hypertension.
36. Don't Pass on Parsley: It's a natural diuretic, which cuts blood pressure.
37. Go for Ginger: Ginger offers hypertensive benefits to some.
38. Seal the Deal: Goldenseal root may reduce blood pressure, especially when taken in conjunction with ginger.
39. Defy Dracula: Evidence shows that garlic lowers hypertension 2-7 percent. Onions help too.
40. Single Out Psyllium: Take this soluble fiber with plenty of water. Other sources of fiber include peas, beans, apples, pears and citrus fruit.
41. Consider Black Cohosh: Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of menopause, this herb may also help with hypertension.

I know its a lot of information, but I wanted you to have the whole list.....I ommited smoking and drinking because I know your not doing that........Good Luck

Answer 2

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Answer 4

When you are pregnant, sometimes your blood pressure and your blood sugar may go up. There could be nothing wrong with you though, it just the pregnancy. But if you are having problems, you should relax more, and watch some things that you eat.

Answer 5

Sodium is going to be your worse enemy. Read the labels. Anything that is canned, preserved, or frozen is going to have more salt than fresh and natural. Make sure you drink a lot of water and get out and walk if you can at least 15 minutes a day.
I have two sisters who are nutritionists. One is a dietitian. Good Luck!

Answer 6

I would ask my doctor for a referal to talk with a dietician. yes we all know what type of things we need to do but it helps to have a professional lay out an actual eating plan.

Make sure you get exercise every day. Just a 10 minute walk every day can help.

Answer 7

my son's mother, when she was pregnant, was told by an herbalist to drink raspberry leaf tea (not raspberry flavored tea but a tea from actual raspberry leaves). This lowered her blood pressure. She was warned that it would also lower her iron level. It would be unadvisable to do anything without consulting your doctor. It would also be unadvisable to do nothing without consulting your doctor.

Answer 8

Stay away from processed, micowavable foods. They are loaded with salt. Get Morton's lite salt, use lemon juice, and other herbs to season meats, and other foods.

Answer 9

Ayou need to go to a doctor do not play around with your or your babies health do whatever he says to do

Answer 10

eat right.!!!