Have any of you, or someone you know, been diagnosed with preeclampsia (pregnancy induced hypertension) and that it didn't go away for a few months after delivering? I was at week 38 or 39 of my pregnancy when I was diagnosed. They induced me that day (I didn't have high blood pressure my whole pregnancy) and expected it to go away within a couple of days. It didn't, so they put me on blood pressure medication (30mg). That brought it down after a few days and worked so well that I got off of it after 2 months. Then my bp went back up again, and stayed up for about 7 weeks. They put me back on the medication, but it wasn't helping, so they upped my mgs to 60mg. It is working again.
Everyone seems to misunderstand what preeclampsia is. They tell me to eat certain things, avoid others, and exercise. I TOTALLY understand that this is the best advice for the average person with high blood pressure, but this is different. Mine was not brought on by doing or not doing. It just happened. There is no known cause to preeclampsia, so my eating won't make it get better. Blood pressure meds are the only thing working. SOOOO, I was wondering if you've known anyone who had preeclampsia that lasted a few months after pregnancy and if so, what they did about it. Did it ever go away?
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