Pregnant and nervous when it comes to going to the doctor…how to keep blood pressure in check at doctors?2

Question by Dogs are the kindest creatures: Pregnant and nervous when it comes to going to the doctor…how to keep blood pressure in check at doctors?
Okay Im 33 weeks pregnant I tend to have what they call “white coat syndrome” basically I go to the doc get really nervous, blood pressure goes up. All while I am there, and within 20 minutes after I leave all is fine again.

Now my blood pressure is normally around 112/70 or something like that. But it shot up today (and I could feel it go up) when I was at the doctors, infact it shot up to 155/90.

Anyways the doc wanted to admit me but when she realized that would only make matters worse she went ahead and sent me home to see if it would help. Anyways I took my blood pressure within 30 minutes of leaving and it was back down to normal…I checked it again a few minutes ago and its normal.

So now i am home and exhausted and the doc wants to see me again on Monday morning. My question is how can i keep myself from getting so nervous that this happens again monday. Because if it happens again monday I’m sure she will admit me and well that will make things worse.

She also said if its up again she wants me on blood pressure medicine which isnt good because with both my mother and my grandfather (they have the same issue I have white coat syndrome)…when they were both put on blood pressure medicine they both basically their blood pressure bottomed out to nothing and they had to be rushed to the emergency room.

So what can I do to prevent this from happening again? I’m high strung by nature but I’ve never had blood pressure issues and I obviously don’t because I check it often and its always pretty normal (except at docs office)
My mother is an RN and she checks it for me
We also have a machine that has been calibrated by one physician….but we check both by machine and by manual cuff

Best answer:

Answer by gm
See if the Dr. can make a housecall. If not, try deep breathing exercises. Tell everyone there what you’ve told us. I’m sure they’ll understand. It’s not uncommon for women to be nervous at the Doctor’s office.

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