Can anyone give me a quick answer - supposed to be in bed... does a cold/bug raise your bp? Am 36 weeks pg...

[Jackaroo]

had PE last time, obviouslyave we've been keepign an eye on my BP. It has been consistently 100/60-110/65 for the last 6 months, so am hoping this is because I seem to have a sore throat/comign down with something.

It's night-tiem here and I've got out of bed to log on, so grateful if someone can put my mind at ease (or not!).

apologies for typos - rushing and knackered.

Need to take easy.

Is isn't uncommon for bp to go up when ill for a normal person never mind pregnant. If worried about it speak to doc but I would play it safe and rest.

Hope you feel better

I am not doc and could be wrong but know that everytime mother sick at mo her Bp goes up - it could be the stree of us living with her . Try not to worry as that def cause bp to go up. REST and seek advice if still worried.

Thanks FM, that's what I needed to know, and is why I posted on normal heaalth, not pg.

I'm at the hospital tomorrow anyway, but just too curious to sleep.

Thanks again,

J

hope you get some sleep.

How did you get on?

Hi - thanks for checking! I'm due at the hospital in a couple of hours. My bp is still raised (and that was on waking before I'd gone anywhere), but am trying to reason that if it is a pg. related issue, well I had to deal with it from 30 weeks last time, so I'm already ahead of the game....

Feeling ropey from the cold, but am very very lucky, I can put my feet up for a lot of today - DS is at nursery.

Hope you're asleep by now!

feeling any better? Dr go ok? Sorry am worrier by nature

It's very sweet of you - I've actually been feeling fairly abandoned recently(in RL) so it's nice to have a worrier - sorry that you got in to this though...

It was for a scan, so I didn't see my dr int he end - but the scan was great - the baby is already about 6lbs, and the consultant (it's very different in a private hossie I've discovered!) said that if it was born tomorrow it would be fine - which was a helpful thing. The placenta was looking a bit old for 36 weeks, but the blood flow is completely fine, so imagine that they will just keep an eye.

BP was down again this morning for the first time in 3 days, which is great. I just don't think it would do this with PE. Went up as soon as I started pottering around, so am wondering if it's just a stress/end of pg. thing - we are moving house in 10 days, nearly finished with toilet training, DS has been manic for the last week or so, waking up 3/4 times a night, am overseas so feeling the homesickness acutely, and DH has decided we can manage moving with just a hire van and a friend - I think there is plenty to fret about... I had help this afternoon, so considered going to get a check, but I'm seeing the dr on Thursday, so decided sleep would be more useful!.

Also had a bit of an explosion of tears last night, really felt as if the sky was falling in, so DH is now fully informed as to EXACTLY how I'm feeling right now!

Felt better even for that tbh.

Thanks FM, you are officially let off the hook from worrying about me now :-)

Do you what - to manage to have normal bp with all that going on would be a miracle.

hmmm try that again:

Do you know what -...

thats better.