high blood pressure can also damage other organs which can be lifethreatening in some caseswhat you can do to reduce your riskstay activefollowing a fitness routine can help you maintain your weight and reduce the risk of hypertensioneating a healthy diethaving a nutritious diet helps the mother and growing baby stay healthy saying no to smoking and alcoholboth smoking and alcohol can have a negative effect on your pregnancy thus say no to smoking and drinking when pregnant managing stresspregnancy leads to physical and psychological changes which can lead to stress in many mothers meditating and trying other relaxation techniques can help lower stress and reduce the risk of high blood pressure during pregnancyvisiting the doctor regularlymany times you might feel absolutely fit and might want to skip your routine checkup which is not right regular visits to the doctor can help in identifying any unexpected changes in the body blood pressure blood sugar and weight should be monitored regularly