Jump in blood pressure 6 weeks post partum

Wow kinda sounds like what happened to me with my second child.  I was two days post partum in the hospital and at midnight the nurse came in and took my BP and it was 210/110.  Needless to say i didnt have any protein in my urine.  I spent a few extra days there before they sent me home with it around 150/85.  I was on toporol for approx 16 months after that and now have been off for two months at the advice of my gyno.  I notice though it is starting to creep back up.  Do you suffer from anxiety?  Just curious..... I had the same problem and it is hard to find any information especially if all through your pregnancy everything was normal like me.  Let me know how you are doind and if you would like to chat email me at sneakyladypassion@hotmail.com.  Maybe we can compare notes.

Wow! I've been looking for this information as well. I'm only 2 weeks PP right now and i've been hospitalized due to high BP. They can't figure out why either. I do have high anxiety issues, so that could be the reason. I also had a terrible mastitis infection that I am just recovering from. I'd like to know the definite reason behind the BP.

I am 34 and just gave birth to my 4th child 11/11/08.  My blood pressure has always been 120/65 (in that range) even during this last pregnancy.  About 6 days after giving birth, I woke up in the middle of the night with an excruciating headache that I thought was a migraine.  It eventually would only hurt (THROB) when I was sitting or layong down....standing it was either completely gone or minimal pain.  After talking with my OB about this, I checked my blood pressure with a home BP monitor and it was 197/111.  I ended up being sent to the hospital and had all sorts of blood work done and urine samples tested.  They were not able to find anything.  At this point, I am SO frustrated.  They said it wasn't the postpartum eclampsia because there was no protein in my urine.  I have to follow up with my OB in a couple of days.  They gave me blood pressure med and a pain med.  My hormones are so out of whack right now and I just feel overwhelmed because I've never had any health problems like this.  I do have anxiety issues, and my parents left to go back to Ohio (we are in Texas) the day before all of this started.  I was very upset to say the least and have had alot of anxiety over taking care of all 4 children.  I just feel so alone, but my husband has been WONDERFUL in all of this. 

Sorry to ramble on, just glad to hear that there are other women out there that are going through the same thing.

My daughter is 3 weeks post partum with her first baby. She is 20 years old and had a normal pregnany and delivery. The day she was admitted to the hospital her BP was elevated but that was the only time. I had to take her to the ER 3 days ago because of a headache. Her blood pressure was 150/100. They gave her Toradol and reglan in the ER for her pain and nausea. Her Blood pressure came back down to normal. The next day it went back up with no headache. She is exhausted and every little thing is frustrating her. She has ADHD also. They started her on a blood pressure medication and a medication for postpartum depression. All her lab work was normal except for a kidney infection. I can't figure out whats wrong or why. The doctors are puzzled also.   

Wow, I really felt alone until I began to read all of these things. I am almost 4 wks. PP and have had the same issue. Two days after delivery, I was readmitted because of my blood pressure. I was told I had post partum pre-eclampsia, but my numbers haven't gone down unless I am on medication. I have heard that it can take months on meds.; I have heard I'll take them forever. Perhaps all I can do is wait and see.  I don't know why there isn't more information on this problem. It can be very frustrating and I feel a bit helpless not knowing how it can be fixed. I am 28 and never had issues like this...I just keep praying it will "fix" itself!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one. After normal bp readings all through my third pregnancy, I'm suddenly and consistently in the 150-60/110 range. I had a visual distrubance (text jumbling while reading) about 1 week pp. I wrote it off to migraine. I'm now home monitoring while waiting for bloodwork, and will go back to the doctor in 3-4 weeks. It is really scary. I'm an active, marathon-running 33 year old. I ran though most of my pregnancy, and started running again at 2 weeks pp. I also had pleurisy at 3 weeks pp and have been suffering from a chest cold since. I just got antibiotics for it.  I don't know if any of it is connected. I'm sort of wondering after reading this why no one checked my urine for protein and if I should ask for it.

I am a 26 year old mother of 3 boys. I had my last baby aug 2nd 2008. Right after delivering him my blood pressure sky rocketed to 180/110, they gave me some medicine and it went back to normal and stayed normal the whole time I was in the hospital, but as soon as I came home it went back up to 153/113. It stayed like that for a week or two and finally went back to normal. I remember from my other pregnancies it did the same thing but I never paid that much attention to it because I was so young. I have anxiety, panic disorder and ocd. I have been looking for information on this too because my doctors cant figure out why I do this and my main concern is that I want more kids in the future and I scared this is only going to get worse  with more pregnancies.

I am 29 and I went for my 5week PP and I too had high BP (170/100). My doc advised me to goto the ER cuz it was a Friday late afternoon. I took a QZ test that afternnon which they advised me to take cuz I was breastfeeding. That test ended up abnormal so they had me take the CT test in the ER which came back fine.(both test I was advised to pump and dump for 48 hours) My ER doc re read some other test that I took in my doc's office and he said that that seemed fine to. The doc in the ER room said it is most likely due to my recent birth of my son. Now I have to wait to talk with my doctor to see whats next. But I see most of you ended up getting on BP medication so im sure i will to.

I am so glad I found this thread. I have been struggling with my BP as well. I had my first child on 5/19/09 (three weeks early). I did not know I was in labor and luckly had an OB appointment and she told me to get to the hospital as I was about 6 cm dialated. After my emergency C-section - the baby was breech, my BP skyrocketed to 220/130. I was on Mag Sulfate and got my pressures down to 160/100 after three days. Boy does that mag mess with you! I left the Dr. on meds. Slowly over the next week and a half my pressures continued to decrease to normal levels (100 over 60). Then I woke up one morning feeling horrible, bad headache and ended up passing out. Since then my pressures have been up and down, my medication has went up and up and then about three weeks ago my BP slammed to the floor (80/50) and they took me off my meds. I was to the DR a week prior for 155/105! I have been in the ER three times, to the Dr. 18 times and now I am going to a cardiologist tomorrow. I just took my BP and I am at 168/99. I am on the most meds I have been on 200 MG Metropol 2x a day (I am nursing). I am 18 weeks postpartum and seeing stars! I hope it gets better soon as I travel ALOT for work and it is causing me difficulities in preforming my job. I wish you all a speedy recovery as well.