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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.