Advice please!
Hi all,
The last two weeks I was sent to triage by my community midwife for high blood pressure. When I went to triage they got it down. I went to see my community midwife again today and the same thing happened however my blood pressure in triage was 141/86.
I am not on any BP medication as they don’t want my blood pressure to get too low. I am on aspirin as my sister had pre-eclampsia.
Triage have agreed that I can just go to them for my BP checks twice a week but a doctor has recommended I get an induction at 39 weeks and wanted me to make a decision by Friday. I said I needed more time so he agreed a week today. He also said I may need to be induced at 37 weeks if the BP rises.
I feel like we’ve missed a few steps here. I haven’t been offered medication, or admitted into hospital for longer term monitoring. I’m also still working so thinking about stopping earlier to see if that helps.
What would you do in this situation? There are no other problems and baby is fine. My blood is fine etc.
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They’re probably not too concerned at the moment because your blood pressure is borderline. Have you measured your BP at home at all?
@Stephanie yeah it fluctuates. Yesterday it was 122/81 and 127/85. Depends what time of day it is as it can be higher x
I wouldn’t want to be medicated if they were my home readings. It will fluctuate through the day. I’m told to take mine twice a day at home, once in the morning and in the evening. The aim is for it to below 135/85 at home. Im on medication and meant to let them know if my home readings start hitting 140/90.
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I'd ask them about medication first and just mention you'd rather not induce without trying something less definite first. Sometimes they can't wait to whip baby out before both of you are ready, other times, they're actually right and baby would be best coming sooner. If the meds work then I'd insist to wait it out and monitor your BP every day, if it doesn't work, I'd take the induction.