Hi

OK, I am not too worried about this, but thought it's best to get some ideas/answers/opinions anyway.

My blood pressure is usually lowish; I think 105/70 was "normal" for me pre-pregnancy and on the Pill, which I know can cause hypertension (high blood pressure).

On Tuesday, my blood pressure at my antenatal clinic was 85/55, which is a bit low. My blood pressure during pregnancy has pretty much been about 90-95/60-65 before, except the one instance when I was stressed and it was 126/77, but that was because DH was a quarter of an hour late for the appointment and just as he got to the antenatal place they took my blood pressure!

As I said, I'm not too worried - I actually feel fine, no headaches, no dizziness (aside from the normal if I stand up too quickly, but I've had that since I was a teen, just put it down to my height) and drinking plenty of fluids. But I've read that hypotension (low blood pressure) is a sign of diabetes, and as I've put on about 6kg in the last about 8w - no weight gain prior to that - I just wondered what other people thought. I'm having a GD test in 4 weeks time to rule out gestational diabetes, as my grandfather is a type II, but of course I want to know if this is a problem right now as I don't want to do anything that may hurt Liebling.

As I said, I'm not too worried about it, but if my blood pressure keeps dropping what does that mean for the baby?