<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.i m 18 and pregnant. i have always have slight heart cramps for the past couple years. my mother has a heart murmur and other heart problems, including a recent heart attack. well, a couple days ago i felt like my heart cramped up really bad and i couldn t breathe. i went to the er and when they took my vitals, my blood pressure was really high, which has never been a problem. well, i waited for a long time and finally left because the doctors were taking HOURS, so i never got any answers. so does anyone know what s going on?  <response>: HI, I understand your concern. Blood pressure tends to raise in pregnancy when . There is high blood pressure history in family, high blood pressure patients, urinary infections, sever physical psychological stress. In your case. There is family history, you are predisposed to such symptoms specially in pregnancy. It may recede back to normal after delivery continues to be high. But this is not a point to be concerned, on the other hand psychological stress increases the chances of having raised blood pressure. The wise way is to be in touch with your gynecologist regularly get investigated examined regularly take medicines prescribed regularly. An ideal lifestyle with healthy nourishing diet, restricted salts regular walking exercise yoga exercises with Panama respiratory exercises meditation help a lot. Thanks. 