If you had pre-eclampsia how soon were you induced?

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I was wondering if anyone could help me to figure out what sort of timing doctors put on inducing due to pre-eclampsia. The reason I ask is because I am a SAHM with a toddler and do not want to spend weeks on end in hospital as I have no-one to look after my child. My MIL is in a home, FIL elderly and infirm in nursing care, my mum has passed away and my dad is in no position to look after my son. In addition to this my brothers and their wives work so really no-one to look after him except to pay for care which is expensive. DH can't take time off as his work have already made mutterings about him having the statutory 2 weeks paternity leave and are asking him to defer until later in the year rather than being there when I need him at the very beginning.

Anyway if I could get some idea of when I may be induced, ie will they go with 37 weeks I can then put a plan into action for care for son and try to organise myself. Also it may give me leverage with my consultant to say I want a community midwife to check me daily instead of being monitored in hospital, equally I could go to the hospital daily for checks but not stop overnight anyone any experience of this?

They will keep monitoring you and induce when:

a) they think it is best for you in terms of risk

b) they think it is best for the baby in terms of risk

c) they are not completely overrun with other labours (as that could also potentially put you more at risk)

In the case of my first pregnancy that was at 37 weeks, in my second pregnancy 36. But they will only induce pre-term if they do not think the baby would benefit from staying longer in the womb.

Unfortunately it is hard to predict with pre-eclampsia as things can change suddenly.

If the doctors think you need bed-rest to be safe, then they may not be very keen for a situation that is based around you being in sole charge of a toddler.

See what the doctors say first and what they think is right for you.

But if they say bedrest, then I'd suggest your dh going back to his boss and pointing out that pre-eclampsia is a potentially life-threatening disorder and that they would be a good deal more inconvenienced if he were left a widower with a young child.

Yes, agree that there is no "set time". All very much depends on the individual - what your blood tests are showing, how much proteinurea, what your BP is doing, how placenta is functioning (?raised dopplers on scans).

Unpredictable and very individual.
I was 38 weeks but had been in hospital on and off for about 3 weeks.