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What exactly is blood pressure in the first place? And how can you know if your blood pressure is either high OR low?...

Q: pregnant with high blood pressure

asked by: thepatchins on April 13th, 2009

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hello everyone well i am 11 weeks and i went today to hear the babys heartbeat the dr said everything sounded fine but my BP was high.. it got high once right at the end of my pregnancy with my daughter averylee. it is high now and i dunno why really but it gives me killer headaches and makes me really sick. my dr said that if its like this again next month hes gunna put me on medication.. has anyone went threw this if so what did you do to lower it?

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