tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post8784057941706291218..comments2024-03-17T10:07:53.205-07:00Comments on The Well-Rounded Mama: BMI and Blood Pressure Measurement in PregnancyWell-Rounded Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129621631406155340noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-84276789590767122272011-10-27T13:15:25.899-07:002011-10-27T13:15:25.899-07:00Tanz - That experience sounds terrible!
I remembe...Tanz - That experience sounds terrible!<br /><br />I remember when I was younger/thinner it being less painful, and it has been again with the nurse I've been seeing at my OB's office. I can't say for SURE that its because of the cuff, it might be due to her technique, but a too-small cuff being more painful makes logical sense to me.<br /><br />With the machines, I have always found it to be VERY painful. I think to get a good reading, they have to over tighten? I generally refuse them now because often they can't even get a good reading on me.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560939715821666110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-74234481760554369522011-10-25T16:40:16.314-07:002011-10-25T16:40:16.314-07:00This is SO important. I also wish nurses/aides wou...This is SO important. I also wish nurses/aides would learn to be more discrete about this. They try the small cuff on then realize and say "I have to go get the BIGGER cuff." They ought to know by looking at you OR it should be on your chart. It is hard enough to feel good about yourself but to have to encounter this at each visit, makes it very uncomfortable.YourPlusSizePregnancyhttp://www.yourplussizepregnancy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-72358042421418567162011-10-24T14:42:05.799-07:002011-10-24T14:42:05.799-07:00Hang on, Kimmi - I thought blood pressure readings...Hang on, Kimmi - I thought blood pressure readings were always painful, they always have been for me? I sit there 'panting' while they take it. Hell, in labour with my first set of twins the blood pressure machine they had me on squeezed me so hard my hand and fingers swelled up and I had to get my rings cut off.<br /><br />Is it actually to do with the size cuff they use (the pain)?Tanz33noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-12146835848521626972011-10-23T05:09:23.595-07:002011-10-23T05:09:23.595-07:00I am someone who has had personal experience with ...I am someone who has had personal experience with this issue. At my family practitioner, I'd been having slightly high blood pressure and having it taken was rather painful, so I was a little worried it when I got pregnant. I go to my OB, where I know for sure they used a large cuff and voila! Suddenly I have great blood pressure and having it taken is completely comfortable (which probably helped my blood pressure even more.) It was wonderful to suddenly know that I was okay!<br /><br />I don't know for sure that the nurse at my family doctor wasn't using the large cuff, but the numbers are awfully suspicious. I promise you that when I go back, I will be speaking up about it!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560939715821666110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-72586155148628262752011-10-23T04:30:12.059-07:002011-10-23T04:30:12.059-07:00I've often wondered if doctors and nurses do t...I've often wondered if doctors and nurses do this partly on purpose, so that they have ammunition in pressuring us to diet. Several doctors have been visibly annoyed when my numbers have all come out in the healthy range. (except BMI, of course)dee.calarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09785552182549176029noreply@blogger.com