https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 29 May 2026 18:23:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-high-bp-in-1st-pregnancy#post-2044322 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 18:23:27 +0000 jetsa 2044322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had high BP with my first never pre-e. I'm 24 weeks with number 2 and we just ran pre-e tests to have a baseline for protein. The midwife told me that having chronic high blood pressure or pih in a previous pregnancy raises your chances of having pre-e in subsequent pregnancies so the opposite of @sungirl lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-high-bp-in-1st-pregnancy#post-2044229 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:11:14 +0000 Mrs.Scientist 2044229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm bumping this again. I was just going to draft a post asking essentially the same question but came across this one first. I was induced at 37 weeks with my first pregnancy due to high bp (never became preeclamptic). I'm 13 weeks pregnant with my second and wondering how likely it is for me to have the same issue this time around. I'm already stressing about it, which obviously doesn't help anything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-high-bp-in-1st-pregnancy#post-2011087 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 22:03:31 +0000 mrsrain 2011087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bumping! Hoping for some more responses! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-high-bp-in-1st-pregnancy#post-2010597 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 17:02:09 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2010597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, I went on BP meds and bed rest at 22 weeks. I had a bad episode at work and was actually rushed to the ER. I was at a job where I was walking all day. So I quit work and had to be on modified bed rest as well as meds in order to manage my very high blood pressure. I was induced on my due date when my BP spiked to 160/100.</p> <p>With my second, I went on BP meds at 12 weeks. Since I started managing it earlier, I didn't have to go on bed rest, but my doctor did have to up my medication a couple times as the pregnancy progressed. My BP never spiked and I never had proteins in my urine and ended up delivering naturally 8 days before my due date. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-high-bp-in-1st-pregnancy#post-2010353 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 14:43:21 +0000 MrsF 2010353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first I had high BP with bed rest at 35 weeks with induction for pre-e at 36 weeks. </p> <p>With #2 I had high BP at 35 weeks. Stopped working and was monitored closely but did not develop pre-e. Was induced at 39w for the BP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-high-bp-in-1st-pregnancy#post-2010342 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 14:39:19 +0000 yellowbird 2010342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sungirl: that gives me a lot of hope! I was the same my first pregnancy. BP is normal do far at 28 weeks this time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-high-bp-in-1st-pregnancy#post-2010286 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 14:17:44 +0000 sungirl 2010286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had high bp at the end of my first pregnancy and was induced the day after my due date because of it but my bp was completely normal during my second. Good luck!</p> <p>ETA - my dr said that it sometimes happens more in first pregnancies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-high-bp-in-1st-pregnancy#post-2010051 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:46:11 +0000 mrsrain 2010051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no idea which category would be best for this, but I guess "High Risk" works.</p> <p>Towards the end of my pregnancy I had high blood pressure. They thought I might be developing pre-e, but I was put on bedrest for a few days at 37 weeks, which normalized my BP. I went into labor a week later and my bp measured high again, so I had to be monitored to make sure I didn't develop pre-e after birth. Thankfully my BP went back down pretty quickly.</p> <p>Now I am wondering whether I am likely to experience the same thing if I get pregnant again. If you had high BP in your first pregnancy, did you have it again in subsequent pregnancies? Does anyone know if the likelihood of developing high bp in subsequent pregnancies is higher if you had it in the first? </p>