Ryn throughout both pregnancies I have had lop BP's including fainting & dizziness. Most of the time I register at 80-90/60. Until around 3rd trimester when things pick up a bit. Both times I've been monitored closely & there isn't much they can do except tell me to continue drinking 2-3 litres of fluids a day. Both pregnancies once I hit around 30 weeks my BP's went normal & both times I haven't had GD.
The main problem with maintaining the low BP's as well is if you are considering an epidural. During labour with Matilda, when the epidural was placed my BP dropped considerably to 80/50 and they had to turn it off and so a level of pain relief was not established over the 8 hours it was in place before the emergency c/s. So they had to constantly play with the dose and the worst was I was then immobile and feeling pretty measureable contractions as they continued to up the dose of the syntocin.
Last edited by christy; October 12th, 2006 at 07:35 PM.
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