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Cant get to see midwife but need advice!

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AnotherHelen · 03/08/2005 10:15

Have had really really bad headaches almost permanently for the last 4-5 days and they are steadily getting stronger and since yesterday morning are now accompanied by frequent and reasonably bad dizziness, have had flashes of light in my vision (but have had retinal problems in the past, so i do sometimes have this anyway) this is my third pregnancy and i have never had high blood pressure at all, in fact most of the time its really quite low, so i have no idea wether i should be worried about it now, i feel a little worried to be honest, i have called the midwife and she cant see me until tommorow morning, has anyone any ideas? could it be blood pressure related even though i have no history of it before? im 33 weeks by the way.
Helen xxxxxx

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AnotherHelen · 04/08/2005 09:51

Sorry girls i am still here! had a disaster with my youngest fighting with my oldest (bloody summer holidays!) and so i had to dash off - has been chaos here ever since, my bp the midwife said was 135/90, so im not sure if thats bad or not since mine is usually no higher than 110/60 and sometimes lower! she suggested i had a headache as i might need my eyes testing! (??????) im not sure if its me making something out of nothing, anyway i have to see my midwife at 11.30 this morning so i hope i will know a little more then! xxxxx

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throckenholt · 04/08/2005 09:53

that is not above their normal action level (I think that is 140/90), but it is high for you - so I think they shoudl really have investigated a bit more.

How are you feeling today ? Hope things settle down a bit now.

AnotherHelen · 04/08/2005 14:06

Hiya throckenholt! i actually feel a bit better and have just got back from the midwifes an hour or so ago and although bp still quite high for me its alot less than yesterday so whatever it was i dont know! - she didnt seem to bothered either so i guess it was just me being daft! Had my second anti-d jab though so now feel like someone has punched me in the arm! (ouch!) not having a good week am i! xxx

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throckenholt · 04/08/2005 14:19

you can never be too careful when you are pregnant !

Glad you are feeling a bit better today.

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