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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jindc]hm I've never been told to lie on my left side and relax - I take it on the dr's office bed thingy every time. 
What is considered high if 140/90 isn't the standard some of you are using here? I think last time I went my BP was 131/73.

also, can't change practices at 36 weeks.  Any doctor on call will deliver me, though - it's GW.  [/quote]
131/73 is actually relatively high. At that BP my docs were having me rest periodically on my left side during the day and eventually bedders when it got around 135/80-something. Especially if it is on an upward trend, your doc is correct to keep an eye on it. [/quote]

Gestational hypertension is diagnosed when blood pressure readings are higher than 140/90 mm Hg in a woman who had normal blood pressure prior to 20 weeks and has no proteinuria (excess protein in the urine).

Please provide cites if you're going to dish out medical advice.

http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/Encyclopedia/Content.aspx?ContentTypeID=90&ContentID=P02484
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I know OP does not meet the diagnostic criteria for preeclampsia. The point is that rising BPs at a level OP describes are legitimate cause for concern and not "fear mongering." It's about monitoring for preeclampsia which seems reasonable if BPs are higher than average and going up. The doc is not being some evil c section pusher to be watching carefully for pre-e. as I wrote earlier I had BPs at about OP's level from 33 weeks on and slowly creeping up ( tho never over 140/90) and the midwives had me come in for extra monitoring and eventually bed rest, and induction at 39 weeks after it did spike very high. So yes, OP could be on the road to induction but everything will probably be fine.[/quote]

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