Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 23 Location: Idaho, USA
Any Experience With Labor With High Blood Pressure? Posted: 03-24-06 22:00pm
I am 36.3 weeks and am getting my cervix
ripened and membranes sweeped next week
because I have had high blood pressure
since 32 weeks and am on bedrest.
Hopefully it will kickstart labor on its
own, if not they are supposed to redo the
ripening the following week, and if still
nothing they will really induce me on the
10th, at 39 weeks. I have not gotten
preeclampsia but may at any time. I have
had extreme weight gain with out swelling
and no other signs. Has anyone had
experience giving birth with hbp, did you
have to have medication during labor to
control it or magnesium sulfate. I
almost feel they should just induce me
next weeks since even hbp is risky to me
and baby. Why wait for preeclampsia to
set in. If my bp gets to 160/100 just
talking on the phone I can only imagine
how high it will be in labor. Any
insight?
