What kind of meds have you girls been prescribed for high bp? I have been prescribed Atenolol 25 mg tablets. My problem is not so much my bp, it is due to having a high heart rate that is only going to get worse of my blood volume increases and my heart has to work harder. Of course I had to Google it and found that it is a class D medicine and states that it can cause fetal problems such as low birth rate, low fetal blood sugar, and premature labor when taken for an extended amount of time. I called back to the office and talked to the nurse. She assured me that I was under the care of a high risk physician and that it was perfectly fine for me to take and it would cause no harm to me or the baby.

I am just still up in the air about taking it, and was just looking for some input on what you girls are taking.

I'm on 200mg twice a day of labetalol and i hate it... makes me very ill and my BP goes from 140/80 for 90/50 in a matter of minutes, but they wont lower my dose at one point even tried to increase it... lol

That is a big drop and quick. Do they say it is okay for it to drop so much so fast?

Im still not sure i've tried asking but no1 has the answers

I'm on 500mcg Methyldopa 4x daily, and 200mcg labetalol 3x daily. As you say the Atenalol is to treat a slightly different issue than high blood pressure - I know Methyldopa increases my heart rate, while Labetalol decreases it as it's a beta-blocker just like Atenalol. Labetalol is class C apparently, but very commonly prescribed. There will be a reason they've gone with Atenalol rather than Labetalol.

My mum was on Atenalol for her entire pregnancy rising to a very high dose (200mcg which apparently they don't even prescribe or non-pregnant people now), and I came out fine. I do have the same high blood pressure issues as her, but I think that's genetic nothing to do with the tablets. I was 4lbs 10oz born at 32 weeks as her blood pressure rose too high, nothing to do with early labour, just a c-section. Your doctor deals with high bp every day, and unfortunately sometimes it's a case of balancing risk, and there is less risk from these tablets in their opinion than there is from having a high bp and the baby not getting what it needs from the cord.

I have to say you sound over medicated miaplus2, my doctors want to keep my bp in the range of 150/100-115/70, but don't want it to go any higher or lower, when it does they alter the dose as apparently long term it is damaging to the cord either way. 140/80 is a very very good reading anyway, it's certainly not pushing the boundaries of high

I thought that if i take my meds now its drops to 90/50 and no one will change my dose so i'm now only taking it when my BP creaps up or i wipe out for hours.

I was on Atenolol 25 mg, my doctor took me off them when I was 10 weeks pregnant and put me on labetalol.
I did loose my Ava at 20 weeks but it had nothing to do with the medicine or HBP, but my doctor did say Atenolol was a category d and didn't want me on it, but all doctors are different. When I switched to Labetalol it was awful, I had carpel tunnel and just felt a mess. Once I went back to Atenolol my carpel tunnel went away and i had NO side effects at all. I think it just depends on your doctor and what he feels is best for your situation..
Good Luck with the baby

I am taking labetalol 50mg twice a day and checking my BPs 3x/day. I had a miscarriage 7 years ago after taking atenolol. As a Cat D drug, it can very well lead to miscarriage.

You should ask your doctor to switch you to labetalol. It is the same class, but labetalol is used more often in pregnancy.

It is not the same class Atenolol is a class D where as labetolol is a class c