Question by 1st Baby Due August: What is a normal blood pressure for a pregnant woman, when should we worry?
Our doctor told us today that my wife’s blood pressure is a bit high. The way he said it made me worry, I have been reading all about pre-eclampsia but the books say nothing about the normal range. Also my wife has a low lying placenta, can these two be linked at all?
thanks for any help you can give.
The No 1 answer:
Answer by lee
high blood pressure for a pregnant woman is 140/90, I honestly can’t remember what the normal range is exactly but if I recall correctly it’s something like 110/75 – 140/90. Please don’t quote me on that as I’m not a medical professional just a mum. During my pregnancy I developed pre eclampsia right at the end of the pregnancy and in the weeks leading up to it the drs commented once or twice that my blood pressure was a bit high and this was for 135/80 and 130/90 and the likes. I do remember one midwife telling me that it is the bottom number (the 90) that is of more concern then the top one. Your dr will probably want to monitor your wife a bit more regularly to keep an eye on it, but sometimes a pregnant woman can have a slightly high blood pressure and there’s no problem. I don’t know much about low lying placentas or if there’s any link between the two, but can tell you that along with high blood pressure some other pre eclampsia symptoms are bad headaches and seeing black spots in front of your eyes, protein in your urine, pain in the upper right of your abdomen and alot of swelling. Try not to worry yourself silly as it could very well be nothing. Unfortunately it’s all in the hands of fate and the dr’s it can’t be prevented. Good luck and I hope all goes well. Hopefully this helped you some
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