Guest guest Posted January 4, 2001 Report Share Posted January 4, 2001 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 " ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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