If you have high blood pressure, you care provider is going to want to monitor you more carefully. A common complication of high blood pressure in pregnancy is a condition called pre-eclampsia (also called “toxemia”). Should you have pre-eclampsia, the only “cure” for it is to deliver your baby.

As for the bad stomach pain you are referring to in your question, I am not a doctor and can not diagnose what these pains may be. Unless, of course, they are labor contractions.

I would recommend having a conversation with your care provider as to what interventions to expect during your delivery with the preexisting condition of high blood pressure. At this point the interventions will not be routine since you most likely will be classified as “high” or “higher” risk.

I hope you have a wonderful birth.

Sincerely,

Deb