High risk pregnancy but care is changing

[Daisypod]

Hello everyone.
I am currently 37 weeks pregnant and since the beginning I was told I was high risk as 1. I am obese 2. It is my fifth baby and 3. I am 44 years old.
So I had a consultant appointment, have to take aspirin and blood thinning injections and extra growth scans. All seems to be going well so far.
Right from the beginning I was told that I wouldn't be going to term and would be induced slightly early depending on how things are going.
I haven't seen the same midwife throughout and my last appointment (a phone one last week) she had no idea about this and said they wouldn't do anything before 40 weeks.
I then rang the hospital who said policy had changed due to covid and they don't induce before 40 weeks unless it's an emergency. She actually said ' we still have very good outcomes with this' They didn't have a record of what my consultant has said, that's just written in the notes I have but I can't read his handwriting!
I had a couple of miscarriages before this pregnancy and coupled with being told it is high risk I am very anxious.
I feel like I went from being told in the first 20 weeks that there were so many risks and still birth was one of them to being forgotten about and being put at risk.
Would anyone else be worried about this or is it my anxiety making me see more problems then there are?
I don't really know where to go from here.

Hey, sorry to hear how anxious this is making you and you have a right to be too so dont be hard on yourself.

Im 37 weeks pregnant and being induced between 38/39 weeks due to being on blood thinner injections too, consultant led. They recommend induction as you will require to come off blood thinners 12/24 hrs prior to labour hence the reason it is planned and not spontaneous labour due to risk of potential blood loss and also for pain relief, i.e if you want an epidural.

My advice to you is contact your consultant asap and state you wish to see them straight away. Im an NHS nurse and if your quite assertive you are heard ! sorry youve had this its rather annoying! Xx

Thanks for that. I seem to remember something about the consultant saying something about not taking the blood thinners for 24 hours before labour. Husband is going to try the midwives again tomorrow and really push for an answer. When we rang the maternity unit they didn't even know what consultant I had seen as it wasn't on the records and his signature on my notes is just a squiggle!