For my last 2 antenatal appointments my blood pressure has been a bit low. 101/60 and 103/66. Normally it's 120/75. The last few days i have been really feeling it go down more. I'm dizzy and nausous and only feel better when laying down on my side. I can't stand to too long otherwise my head feels like its going to roll off. And sitting makes me sick and dizzy too.
How can i cope with this? I'm greatful its low and not high but geez i feel rotton! Added that with 2 demanding children, makes for a very long and struggling day.
I suffer with low BP, Dr`s have told me to make sure I never get dehydrated and don`t miss meals so whenever I go out somewhere I always make sure I have water on hand, as far as I know there`s not much else you can do except for being careful and if you feel like your going to faint to sit or lie down.
I have low blood pressure and found that skipping meals makes it worse, even though when I'm having an episode that eating is the last thing I want due to the nausea.
It helps to get up slowly and before you do, rotate your ankles around a dozen times to help get the blood flowing from your legs back upto your body and increasing your oxygen.
Hi there This is my first post here, and this is the first thread that I read - it's the biggest problem that I'm too suffering with at the moment. My blood pressure went from 145/85 pre-pregnancy, to 110/55. I'm basically so sick I rarely leave the house, so I feel yor pain! I'm due to speak to the docs tomorrow about it, as I've only been monitoring my BP at home for a week ... but increasing the salt in your diet is meant to help tremendously. Of course, speak to your doc first, as with anything. But I had a gatorade and salted cashews for a snack yesterday morning and had the most energetic day that I have had in a long while.
Most of my days are spent lying down with my head spinning and nausea too! I also have a 3 year old son, and am finding it extraordinarily difficult coping with low BP and a toddler. And as you said, I am grateful it's low BP and not high ... but it is definitely a horrid thing to have to contend with.
It's hard isn't it, when you're expierencing low blood pressure. On a good day, my bp will be 90/60, in pregnancy, it's a lot lower than that.
It's hard when you've got morning sickness (I had it 24/7 with DD1, right up until I delivered her), but it is very important to try and eat whenever possible. Try and eat small meals reguarly, rather than 3 large meals.
I have low blood pressure and will have it for the rest of my pregnancy. A few weeks ago I was struck with the flu and because bubs took everything I became dehydrated and my blood pressure dropped to the point i was nearly hospitalised. The doc told me to drink heaps of water for the next couple of days (by the end of it i felt like a fish) but i picked up and now feel ok apart from the occasional dizzy spells. I have to constantly drink so it doesnt happen again but its a real pain cause im running to the toilet alot anyway!
Tegan, I've got the same problem. My BP was 105/55 and then 100/55. It makes me feel light headed and sometimes car sick, and combined with morning sickness it sucks! I just try to keep up my sugars, drink lots of water, and stand up slowly so I don't topple over. It must be hard chasing after the kids!
I always have low blood pressure, usually around 100/60 not pregnant. Mine has been shockingly low so far down to 80/50 last week.
I do what others have suggested, take it easy standing, make sure I eat and drink regularly. I do have to be careful when I am out though because I automatically want to drink less (the pee factor!) and I feel quite ill if I do.
As you said it is much better to be on the low side than the high side. But I wish mine were more in the middle
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Coping with low blood pressure
This is my first post here, and this is the first thread that I read - it's the biggest problem that I'm too suffering with at the moment. My blood pressure went from 145/85 pre-pregnancy, to 110/55. I'm basically so sick I rarely leave the house, so I feel yor pain! I'm due to speak to the docs tomorrow about it, as I've only been monitoring my BP at home for a week ... but increasing the salt in your diet is meant to help tremendously. Of course, speak to your doc first, as with anything. But I had a gatorade and salted cashews for a snack yesterday morning and had the most energetic day that I have had in a long while.
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