Gestational Hypertension - No Induction Option?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here with an update, two weeks later (baby's original due date)!

THANK YOU so much to everyone who posted their advice and the well wishes! Your words helped me advocate for myself and ensure a good outcome for both myself and baby girl.

The afternoon I went into the office, I kept emphasizing my high blood pressure readings from the past week along with swelling of extremities and slight headaches. I also played up the fact that both my sister and mom had GH. All signs pointed to being induced. And so I was, just 3 hours later. Everything went well and was fairly quick, within the same nursing shift, which is rare when going from 1 to 10 cm dilated. Oddly enough, BP was not that high at the hospital (120s-130s systolic). Maybe because I wasn't that stressed out anymore about when the baby would come out. After less than 15 minutes of pushing, baby girl made her appearance, as healthy as can be at 38 weeks!

Although the L&D floor was quiet, the hospital was definitely short staffed. I could see how maybe they wanted to hold out on beds for the most emergent patients. In the end, mother and daughter went home on day two and are doing well

I’m glad! Were you at Inova Fairfax by any chance? I’ve had 2 kids there. With my 1st I showed up in full blown labor (maybe waited too long, didn’t think the first kid would come so fast, oops) at 37 weeks and change and they were VERY reluctant to admit me because they were super busy. I had to wait in triage for 3 hours and I was in a lot of pain and bleeding, and by the time I was actually admitted it was epidural and go time, baby was born 3 hours later. This was years ago but it seems like it’s still the same now.

[Anonymous]

I'm so glad you had a happy outcome, OP! Thanks for the update.