Can pregnancy raise your blood pressure?!


Question: Just curious. If you didn't have high blood pressure ever in your life, but your overweight. Could getting pregnant cause your blood pressure to become high?


Answers: Just curious. If you didn't have high blood pressure ever in your life, but your overweight. Could getting pregnant cause your blood pressure to become high?

yes It is called pre-ecclampsia(spelling may be off) but you have to have it carefully monitored by a doctor or you can have a stroke and it can kill you and your baby, too. I had it with two of my pregnancies. Can also trigger pre term labor and other problems. It is also more prevalent with women who have undiagnosed anti phospholipid antibody syndrome.

sure can

Yes. Just pregnancy alone can sometimes cause high blood pressure, but overweight pregnant women are more likely. If it gets too high, they can be forced to do an early c-section to get your bp down. This can leave you will a premature baby. My mother in law had to have an emergency c section due to high bp and her baby weighed 2.5lbs but did survive.

It could happen. It's not real common but if it does happen it's a very serious medical condition usually requiring hospitalization.

yes pregnancy can raise your blood pressure.You and your doctor need to monitor your bp and keep a close eye on it.

Yes. It's a dangerous situation when it happens.
Preeclampsia is a condition that typically starts after the 20th week of pregnancy and is related to increased blood pressure and protein in the mother's urine (as a result of kidney problems). Preeclampsia affects the placenta, and it can affect the mother's kidney, liver, and brain. When preeclampsia causes seizures, the condition is known as eclampsia--the second leading cause of maternal death in the U.S. Preeclampsia is also a leading cause of fetal complications, which include low birth weight, premature birth, and stillbirth.

There is no proven way to prevent preeclampsia. Most women who develop signs of preeclampsia, however, are closely monitored to lessen or avoid related problems. The only way to "cure" preeclampsia is to deliver the baby.

Although many pregnant women with high blood pressure have healthy babies without serious problems, high blood pressure can be dangerous for both the mother and the fetus. Women with pre-existing, or chronic, high blood pressure are more likely to have certain complications during pregnancy than those with normal blood pressure. However, some women develop high blood pressure while they are pregnant (often called gestational hypertension).

The effects of high blood pressure range from mild to severe. High blood pressure can harm the mother's kidneys and other organs, and it can cause low birth weight and early delivery. In the most serious cases, the mother develops preeclampsia--or "toxemia of pregnancy"--which can threaten the lives of both the mother and the fetus.

I think so although mine always stayed normal and yep, I was overweight then...sometimes it may indicate a problem. See your doctor.

yes, it is called preeclampsia and can be dangerous, but can also be controled. Good luck and God bless you.

As one of the other posters noted, one of the conditions can be called Pre-eclampsia. Another condition is called Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH). It also can be dangerous to you and the baby. You need to be monitored very closely by your doctor.





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