All women with
high blood pressure (hypertension) during pregnancy
are closely monitored for
preeclampsia. Some of these women first develop high
blood pressure while pregnant and progress to delivery without any
complications. Their increase in blood pressure is usually mild and not harmful
to the fetus. Within 12 weeks after delivery, their blood pressure returns to
normal.
After delivery, this condition is diagnosed as transient high blood
pressure of pregnancy. High blood pressure that does not return to normal within about 12 weeks is
diagnosed as chronic high blood pressure.1
National High Blood Pressure Education Working Group
(2000). Report on High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy (NIH
Publication No. 00–3029). Washington, DC: National Institutes of
Health.
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