Induction for high BP and GD

[BeCleverKhakiCat]

Hi everyone,

I am 38+4 weeks pregnant. I have gestational diabetes so was told I was looking at induction around 40 weeks. Since this conversation with the consultant over a week ago I have also started having high blood pressure. I have been in triage 5 times with high readings and medication problems. I am now taking nifedipine and been told to monitor at home but they have still had me back in triage since this due to high readings. They put me on blood pressure series and then it eventually drops to an ok level and they send me home again. There has also been protein In my urine quite a few times but not enough for them to be concerned that’s it’s pre eclampsia - they did do a blood test as well which came back fine.

when I last saw a doctor in triage to prescribe the nifedipine they said they were now recommending induction at 39 weeks and that they were going to request this, then another trip to triage and the midwife said they were chasing this up as still haven’t heard about a date and same thing happened again when I was triage the last time, the midwife said she would chase it up but still haven’t heard and I am 39 weeks on Friday.

does this all sound usual? Should I of heard by now? Does anyone have any experience with being induced due to GDM and high blood pressure? Do you think there is a reason they haven’t called?

i am back at the hospital tomorrow for a bp review and urine so I will chase up then (provided I am not back in triage tonight due to the evening bp reading) but just wanted to know others experiences in the mean time!

I am getting a bit fed up with getting sent to triage and then home again if I am honest, I am pleased they are monitoring and checking me every time though

thanks ladies!

I did was induced for obstetric Cholestasis, extreme fatigue and query HELLP rather than GD but this was my experience.

I developed the oc/icp at 32 weeks and had blood tests every 3-7 days and was in triage for monitoring every week the plan was to induce me at 38 weeks. I developed severe fatigue and had two hospital admissions for it. I self discharged from hospital at 36+2 and spoke to my Obstetrician at 36+3 with a plan of a f2f appointment to discuss induction at 37+3 likely within a day or two of the appointment due her not wanting me to go to 38 weeks. She was worried about some of my blood tests being worse and now showing signs of hellp. I had another set of bloods at 36+5. She got the on call triage consultant to review the blood results when they came through the following morning and I was called up at lunchtime to see how quickly I could get to the hospital to discuss induction. I got there for 3pm the induction beds were full so they repeated the bloods they were no worse than the day before so they did a sweep and sent me home, had they been worse they would have admitted me and possibly started the induction on the ward and moved me down once in labour. They called me at lunchtime the following day. They repeated the bloods again, still no worse so they gave my body a bit longer to go into labour as the sweep had started labour. I was induced in the end at 8pm and baby arrived at 2pm the next day at 37+1

I felt like I lived at the hospital in the weeks running up to my induction. It's worth chasing and you might find that once they decide to induce you it might all move quite quickly.