DD2 was born 18 days ago. I had planned a homebirth and laboured at home almost to the pushing stage. At that point the midwives found that my bp was measuring at 140/104 and I had high levels of protein in my urine. We agreed that a transfer was the best idea and I went to hospital in an ambulance. I arrived pushing and DD2 was born 15 minutes later (at half past midnight). Soon after labour my diastolic dropped to 88 (I think) but it rose back up to 100 over the next few hours and stayed like that until early afternoon when the doctor said I could be discharged.
I was wondering if anyone could help me make sense of this. My bp was fine in pregnancy, around 110/70 throughout. I didn't have a headace, disturbed vision or pain under ribs during or after labour, although during labour I did have a pain in my mid right side which I assumed was a strained muscle. That pain disappeared after I gave birth. Nobody explained what was going on during or afterwards which left me rather worried. In fact I was told 2 hours after birth I was fine to go home but stayed in because of no transport, so it was a shock when the doctor the next day started talking about possibly giving me drugs as I could have a seizure.
I know about pre-eclampsia but thought that came on earlier, can it start in labour? Lastly, any ideas on how this can affect future pregnancies? Midwife said it probably wouldn't but she was very vague. Have tried to read about this but I haven't had any luck so any ideas would be great! I know obviously noone can give specific advice but any info about bp in labour would be greatly appreciated