Mild pre-eclampsia and induction today...

[~patty]

Ladies...I am so scared. Today, I went in for my appointment and it was a nightmare...bp was up and they want to induce me so things don't get worse. I had my usual NST and she is going good....and today I am 38 weeks.

Please send me lots of positive energy...

[kjoy2]

Oh, I'm so sorry. It sounds upsetting.

Do they want to do an induction today? How high was your BP? I bet there are some other mamas on here who can offer suggestions re: their experience w/high BP.
If you do end up with an induction, you can do it!!!

[ChristyH]

s mama

I'm wondering how high your blood pressure was too, I had really high blood pressure with my first and even though they talked induction they never pushed me into it when my NST was fine

[Amandamanda]

just wanted to chime in and say that this same thing happened to me. i had no protien no swelling, good nst's but high blood pressure (when i went in for my induction it was up to 1(some high number- probably 160 something)/117, can't remember the exact number but that bottom number freaked me out.

i was induced at 37w4d and my baby girl is perfectly healthy and fine, she was a little small- 6lbs 6oz, but had no problems with anything, was perfectly developed and we all went home the next day.

and the best part? i did it with NO pain meds. yeah, pitocin sucks. it hurt, but remember the ultimate reason behind the pain. to have a baby!

pm me if you need to talk or anything, but you will be fine. i was scared too, but high b.p. can progress into something more serious very fast. have faith mama, everything will be okay!

[Amandamanda]

just wanted to chime in and say that this same thing happened to me. i had no protien no swelling, good nst's but high blood pressure (when i went in for my induction it was up to 1(some high number- probably 160 something)/117, can't remember the exact number but that bottom number freaked me out.

i was induced at 37w4d and my baby girl is perfectly healthy and fine, she was a little small- 6lbs 6oz, but had no problems with anything, was perfectly developed and we all went home the next day.

and the best part? i did it with NO pain meds. yeah, pitocin sucks. it hurt, but remember the ultimate reason behind the pain. to have a baby!

pm me if you need to talk or anything, but you will be fine. i was scared too, but high b.p. can progress into something more serious very fast. have faith mama, everything will be okay!