BP 172/99 - time to call someone?

[angelaartsstudent]

Hi All

Me again.

Still losing yellow bits LOL (oops tmi sorry)...last one yesterday was stringy and gross.

BP just after waking this morning (7am) feeling a bit headachey and sick in the belly was 171/94. I thought ''hmm...I'll just lay down and relax a bit and take it again. I don't trust that''.

10 mins later lying down - 172/99.

Time to call Maternal Fetal Assessment like they said to?

Last reading before bed last night was 162/92...was lying down, just before I went to bed at 2am. Took it becuase I was puffy in the hands but felt okay otherwise.

I'm really ignorant about these things and have a tendency not to do what Drs say becuase I hate being an inconvenience. Because for every doctor's time I waste, there is someone who needs them more than me! So I feel bad when I call them. There are women out there who need Maternal Assessment becuase they are actually having babies...I am just confused about my BP!

[SamiH]

Hun RING THEM - they will reassure you either way then - even if they advise you to just kep taking it every hour etc.

Hope to hear that all is well ...

[Ryatha]

Give them a call, it is better be safe than sorry - let us know how you go!

[Alan]

I agree it's time to ring

[~Kim~]

Amanda, hope you rang hun and you are being assessed right now. Trust your gut babe.

[Arimeh]

I hope you are getting assessed right now!!

[angelaartsstudent]

Last hourly reading was 156/87...so no, haven't called. The one before that was 177/104 so it's gone down by heaps now.

[Lulu]

There are women out there who need Maternal Assessment becuase they are actually having babies...I am just confused about my BP!

Umm, you are having a baby too silly!

Call them, its what they are there for

[Michelle71]

Short answer - yes!!!!!

Slightly longer answer - puffiness, headache and high BP is more than enough cues to send you to the hospital. Go get checked. You are not wasting anyones time