My wife who is 36 weeks pregnant has been diagnosed with high BP of 140/85mmHg?
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at
3:16 PM
She has also trace of albumin in her urine and has blood glucose level of 6.1mmmol. Is this bad for our baby? If so what should we do?
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well what did the doctor say?
She technically has been diagnosed with Preeclampsia. It can be very dangerous for both the mom and baby. Make sure you keep up on your doctors appointment and make sure she gets a lot of rest and doesn’t push herself too hard with daily activities. When she goes in to give birth, she will be given Magnesium Sulfate to bring down her B/P and prevent having seizures. If the baby is in any kind of distress they will take it early, but usually the baby shall be fine. I wish you the best of luck.
It means she’s been eating too many eggs
You should ask the Dr. - this is more complicated than you think.
I had very High BP (160/100) with my 3rd Baby & symptoms very similar to your wife & I was admitted to Hospital & induced at 36 wks 5 days because my OB felt it was necessary I would certainly be going back to your OB 1st thing on Monday on asking a lot of questions! I don’t mean to frighten you I’m telling you what I know In the meantime make sure your wife stays as relaxed as possible & doesn’t do any housework & stays off her feet watch out for a severe headache, spots before her eyes or swelling of her hands & feet Good Luck
140/85 is not that high. I had HELLP syndrome and had a blood pressure reading of 240/160! That is high and ended up having an emergency c-section. Her glucose level is elevated, but she is in the last stages of pregnancy and can change her diet to try and control it. What ever doctor she is going to is stressing her out for no reason and you need to do some independent research on this topic because some docs aren’t as knowledgeable as we would like them to be.
It’s a common symptom of Pre-Eclampsia. Ive experienced it too
with my first pregnancy. They say it’s more common with bub #1. Basically you need to be aware of all the signs, if she starts to feel nauseas, dizzy, suffers headaches that won’t go away with painkillers or blurred vision you need to take her to the hospital to be monitored.
Pre-Eclampsia is quite serious and can affect both mum and bub’s health. Google it so you can get more info.
She should get alot of rests, feet elevated on a pillow. Avoid all salt and caffeine and go to light duties only. I was also told to drink alot of
water so i didn’t get dehydrated.