nikkixx
17-01-09, 22:07
Hi everyone,
I suffer from Health Anxiety and have done for years. I am currently 33wks pregnant and am terrified every time I have a midwife appointment that my blood pressure will be sky high and they will keep me in. I've got myself so worked up about it that my old fears of going mad are coming back now too.
My blood pressure at the last appointment was 148/88 and then after she had let me calm down - I was shaking and nearly in tears letting her do it in the first place - it was 142/76. My original booking in figure was 150/84 and they wrote on my notes - hospital/doctor phobic!
Does anyone else have a fear of having their bp done and also does anyone worry that they are going to go mad?
Nikki x
I suffer from Health Anxiety and have done for years. I am currently 33wks pregnant and am terrified every time I have a midwife appointment that my blood pressure will be sky high and they will keep me in. I've got myself so worked up about it that my old fears of going mad are coming back now too.
My blood pressure at the last appointment was 148/88 and then after she had let me calm down - I was shaking and nearly in tears letting her do it in the first place - it was 142/76. My original booking in figure was 150/84 and they wrote on my notes - hospital/doctor phobic!
Does anyone else have a fear of having their bp done and also does anyone worry that they are going to go mad?
Nikki x