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Re: 24weeks and hypotension!

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 23 May 2002 08:16:44 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 23 May 2002, kerry wrote: >
>At Thu, 23 May 2002, bm wrote:
>>
>>Drs any suggestions on how to raise blood pressure? Every month when I
>>go to the ob. my blood pressure is lower and lower, no wonder I feel
>>totally wiped by around mid-afternoon! Yesterday it was 90/60 Only thing
>>dr suggested was drinking some coffee, but I don't want to do that for
>>fear of the caffeine not being good for the baby
>
>Hi There,
>That BP is classed as normal, lower normal, but normal. Thing is, if
>you usually have a higher BP, it can make you dizzy. Try drinking lots
>of fluids...mainly water and don't get up to quickly from sitting etc.
>Often a womans BP will drop in the mid trimester, and then goes up a
>little more in the last.
>Hope this helps,
>
>--
>Kerry 38 weeks (cardiology RN)
>

NO! NO! NO! Pregnancy causes BP to be lower. Progesterone relaxes the smooth muscle surrounding the arterioless and this allow them to dilate and the pressure becomes lower. Aalso some physicians and nurses will incorrectly take the BP in the top arm with the patient laying down on their side. This gives a FALSE low reading. The appropriate way to take BP is in the right arm in the sitting position.

RDB

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