High BP and labetalol

[Birdie]

I'm still in the process of being diagnosed with some sort of PIH or pre-e. I spent Thursday night at the hospital for observation and the lovely pee jug.

Doc has put me on 200mg of labetalol starting off. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this? Did it help your BP? Did you have any side effects?

So far it's making me shaky and giving me headaches. However, if it means I can make it a few more weeks without going on bed rest I'll take it. Id like to keep working and I have an awards ceremony next Friday that I really want to go to.

[Redpoppy]

I had high blood pressure before pregnancy and switched to labetalol. Labetalol made my scalp tingle but that was the only thing I noticed. It worked fine for me til 37 weeks then I was induced at 38.

For me high bp caused headaches. Do you have a cuff to check if it is working effectively?

[Birdie]

I go for my first appointment with my doc in Monday since my observation and being out in the meds. I'm hoping to know more of a "game plan" then. I hate not being able to tell work a definite answer on my work plans before baby comes.

[Birdie]

Read your question wrong I was given a cuff today. It's hard to tell, but my baby shower was today and my BP wasnt TOO high afterward so I took that as a good sign. 145/80 with 120s/80s being my usual. We've found that it spikes with my activity.

[shellbear09]

I took it for a month after birth. I didn't notice side effects but I had a lot going on obvs. It definitely brought down my bp.

[magpie]

I had high bp at the very end of my pregnancy, causing them to induce me two days before my due date. My blood pressure sky rocketed three days postpartum and I ended up back in the hospital and on labatelol. I had no obvious side effects and it lowered my blood pressure to a safe level. I've finally weaned off of it after 3 months without much issue. The high blood pressure gave me a really bad headache, the labatelol helped relieve it. I also felt a little dizzy early on, but I'm not sure if that was the drugs, the bp or the postpartum stuff. Good luck!

[mrsfatjack]

I was on it pre-pregnancy and I'm slowly tapering down to 100mg 2x a day. I think it's the go-to BP drug for pregnancy.

[whodey]

I started on Labetalol @ 20 wks, it made me SO tired and lathargic, the worst being about 30-60 minutes after I took it, I seriously planned my driving around when I was taking it because I didn't feel comfortable behind the wheel. With such a low dose hopefully the side effects will be much less, by the end of my pregnancy I was on 900mg/day and felt like a zombie

[curbsideprophet]

I started taking it after DD was born since my BP was still a little high. I have no idea if I had any side effects. I was exhausted, but so was DH. I don't remember how long I was on it, but it did help.

[magpie]

Oh, I forgot to mention that the "take with food" label was not to be ignored, at least in my case. I took my pill once and had a bunch of long delays getting out the door to grab breakfast...and that is how I found myself puking in the ally behind the bagel shop an hour later.

[dbsk8dance]

It didn't work for me. We tried it, but had to switch to cardazam.

With pg #2 I was on cardazam and then was switched to methlydopa.

I never had any side effects from them, though. I hope that those go away. There are other options if you continue to feel like crap, though.

[Deleted]

I was on it for the last 6 wks of my pregnancy (first). It worked in getting my BP back to normal and I don't remember any side effects.

[Deleted]

I was on it after I gave birth to DD3 and it made me slightly dizzy at first. I thought it was making me anxious but my anxiety ended up being unrelated, I am usually very sensitive to medication. I anticipate needing it again as I have had some form of high BP either during pregnancy or after and I would have no problem taking it.

[soozy87]

Feb 1, 2014 23:56:00 GMT -5 Birdie said:

I'm still in the process of being diagnosed with some sort of PIH or pre-e. I spent Thursday night at the hospital for observation and the lovely pee jug.

Doc has put me on 200mg of labetalol starting off. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this? Did it help your BP? Did you have any side effects?

So far it's making me shaky and giving me headaches. However, if it means I can make it a few more weeks without going on bed rest I'll take it. Id like to keep working and I have an awards ceremony next Friday that I really want to go to.

I had pre-e with my son and my bp wouldn't come down after he was born. They put me on labetalol a few days after he was born (we were both in the hospital a few extra days). I was supposed to take it for 6 weeks after he was born. About 2 weeks later I called the doctor and told them I wasn't taking it anymore. It didn't help with the bp and I felt terrible on it, racing mind, couldn't sleep. I am sure part of that was having a newborn, but a lot of it cleared up when I stopped the labetalol. If it would have brought the bp down that would have been one thing, but it didn't.

Hopefully it works for you and your body can adjust to it!