 [ Symptoms ] is it possible to get pregnant without penetration on day 17 while wearing underwear and rub against upper pubic region my bf was wearing shorts and track pants and i was wearing shorts my periods are due tomorrow i havent taken any preganancy tests yet please advice [ Disease ] high blood pressure problems occur in 6 to 8 of all pregnancies in the u s about 70 of which are first time pregnancies although the proportion of pregnancies with gestational hypertension and eclampsia has remained about the same in the u s over the past decade the rate of preeclampsia has increased by nearly one third this increase is due in part to a rise in the numbers of older mothers and of multiple births where preeclampsia occurs more frequently