Had preeclampsia with my first pregnancy which never really settled after birth, an extra day in hospital and 6 weeks of medication to try and bring my blood pressure back down after aswell as extra HV visits etc.
So this time round I'm 'high risk' and under consultant care, I've met with her once and am due to see her again in 2 weeks for my 28 week scan. She's ordered 2 weekly antenatal visits with my midwife and weekly blood pressure checks, I'm on aspirin and after my next scan will have them 4 weekly to keep an eye on things.
At my last appointment the consultant mentioned when asked wanting to knock three weeks off the end of the pregnancy (I've known I was being induced since the start of this pregnancy but didn't know when that would happen), she basically said at 37 weeks or sooner if need be and they'd give me steroids for baby.
My blood pressure has already been very up and down (mostly up) during this pregnancy so I think preeclampsia is definitely a concern. The thought of not knowing when it will happen is stressing me out, obviously I have another child so the thought of being in hospital for a week because of early induction is very unsettling to me. Does anyone have experience of this? When were you induced and how long did it take?
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Namechanger2735 · 17/11/2017 10:35
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