Pre-eclampsia

For those of ya'll that have had pre- eclampsia, how high did your blood pressure get and when did the Doctor's start worrying?

[markysmom]

I dont remember my exact numbers..but I just had PIH..never had the Pre-E ( no protein in my urine)
but i had very high bp. I had to go in two times /week for the last trimester to get the baby checked for 1hr each time to make sure he was okay. and finally the took me out of work for stress...and at 38 weeks was induced but ended in c-section. BP went down w/in two days after.

[bookerswife]

Well I am almost 16 weeks and my blood pressure is ussually @ 115/75. Well yesterday I took it at work and I did a urine sample and I had protein in my urine and my pressure was 140/90 which is high for me because I have never had issues with my pressure. I re-checked it this morning after staying away from any and all sodium and drank lots of water and my pressure this morning was 117/78. I have not rechecked my urine yet! I don't know if I should just keep a close eye on it or what!

[who_dis]

There are a lot of factors that go into deciding when PIH and pre-eclampsia become a concern.  It's not just numbers.

[bookerswife]

well could you please let me know what some of those factors are? I still have protein in my urine.... do you know what else could cause this to happen?

[luv_babies]

I think if you checked your urine yourself and there's protein in it, you should call your dr and see what they want to do.

[bookerswife]

Well i go to the Doc. on Monday. Do you think it can wait so I don't pester the heck out of them or what?

[luv_babies]

If it were me I would call. Just my opinion. Monday is still almost 5 days away.

[HIS GIFT TO US]

My ankles started swelling close to 28wks or so at 32wks swollen & HBP but the DR had me lay on my left side & it would go down (the BP) had to cut wk hours AT 34wks had to stop wking if I layed on my left side it would go down. Showed protein in urine. Went for a stress test, showed contractions, but nothing too worry about. AT 36wks she said my top # was either 155 0r 165, & lying on my left side didn't help it go away placenta was detaching & she cked & I was 5cm & 80%thinned & had DS 4.5hrs later! Maybe the 155 or 165 #'s helped you on your ques:) LOVE & PRAYERS

[ace24]

My #'s were like 165/90 is really the only # i remember but i know it was bad... but I got pre eclamsia when i went into labor only... yes I did start swelling like at 32 weeks but urine was always fine and so was bp...I was only advised to drink alot of cold water and lay on my left side and keep feet elevated at all times..I went into labor at 37 weeks and 6 days and had to be induced since bp was rising....so doc's were at aawww..dd had to be pulled out with forceps before i went into shock..luckily I didn't..but was knocked out for a couple of hours after giving birth and had to stay on iv for 3 days to bring bp down before i could go home.

[suz2000]

I had pre-eclampsia and when the dr told me at my routine appt that I would be sent to the hospital to be induced I was shocked.  I felt fine.  Apparantely it was the protein in the urine that got her attention.  After delivering my son (3 wks early), that's when I started to really swell up (my feet felt like I had balls on the bottom of them) and my b/p was high, but I can't recall the exact numbers.  I know she kept a close eye on me and I wasn't allowed visitors or phone calls except for my husband and mother.  But, all turned out fine.  You should definitely call you doctor to get them to check you out.