From what I've read it's because your vessels apparently expand to accommodate for the extra blood in your body now.
Yes it can be. I had low blood pressure several times during my pregnancy. It got so low sometimes they didn't know how I was still functioning. Gave my dr quite the scare.
@abril.r.sullivan I used to be prehypertension but since I was pregnant and during my pregnancy my blood pressure has been low
@cristismommy, I never had it before but now that I'm pregnant I do
Depending how low, it's better then being high! If that makes you feel better lol