High Blood Pressure and Pregnancy: Know the Facts

Having high blood pressure (hypertension) during pregnancy needs close monitoring. Here’s what to know about the potential risks. Also learn how to take care of yourself and your baby.

What are the types of high blood pressure during pregnancy?

Sometimes high blood pressure begins before pregnancy. In other cases, the condition develops during pregnancy.

Chronic hypertension. In chronic hypertension, high blood pressure develops either before pregnancy or during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Because high blood pressure usually doesn’t have symptoms, it might be hard to know exactly when it began. Chronic hypertension with superimposed preeclampsia. This condition occurs when chronic hypertension leads to worsening high blood pressure during pregnancy.

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