I delivered my baby 3 weeks ago (yesterday) and starting at about 5 days postpartum my blood pressure got sky high. I have always had LOW blood pressure, and didn't have any pre-eclampsia or blood pressure problems DURING the pregnancy. Needless to say, it was 179/106 and I was hospitalized because of it after I had him and discovered that my terrible headaches were because it was in fact very very high. My doctor doesn't really have an answer as to why it's doing that and thinks that it will eventually resolve on it's own, but he doesn't know that it will for sure either. I am currently on blood pressure medicine (2 diff kinds) to bring it down and even taking those it's still sitting at around 135/95!! Has ANYONE ever heard of such a thing....getting extrememly high blood pressure postpartum....not related to having pre-eclampsia? It's really really starting to stress me out. Any advice or suggestions?
2007-01-11 08:21:58 · 2 answers · asked by tx proud 3 in Health ➔ Women's Health
That happen to me. I had my son and about 2 weeks later my blood pressure SPIKED and I was swelling up bad. I never had a high blood pressure. My husband took me to the ER and I found out that I had fluid in my body. I stayed it the hospital for about 3 days. I was on blood pressure meds and I saw the doctor every two weeks until it was stable. I tried to relax but with a 3 week old it was hard. I just rested when the baby rested and watch what I ate and I even brought a blood pressure monitor. Hope that helps!!
2007-01-11 09:09:51 · answer #1 · answered by anyaha04 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It happened to my sister in law while she was pregnant. and they took the baby at 6 months. The only thing I know to tell you is to avoid salt, but, mainly pork of any kind. That is what her doc said. My nephew is 17 months old and she still has blood pressure problems.
2007-01-11 08:42:28 · answer #2 · answered by LittleLady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋