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Cynthia wrote:

> My daughter has just been placed on bed rest until the end of her pregnancy

> (1 month) or until her blood pressure can be lowered and controlled. She is

> 21 years old, Rh negative, and has gained approximately 45 lbs. She has

> planned a homebirth but if her pressure doesn't drop, her midwives will

> insist on a hospital delivery. Anyone have suggestions/experience that might

> offer her some hope for lowering/controlling the blood pressure? She has no

> previous history of high blood pressure. BTW her pressure was 154/92...her

> baseline pressure was 105/60.

 

All the midwives I know use cucumbers for this VERY successfully 2-3/day.

Sounds like a pre-eclampsia precursor but easily stoppable. Let me know if

you want more input.

 

Danielle Curby Hegdale <dhegdale

Tulsa, OK

(midwife's apprentice 1993, childbirth educator 1994, doula 1995, author

" Journey into Parenthood " )

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