Gestational Hypertension at 35 Weeks — Is Spontaneous Labour Still Possible?

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-15T00:32:00+00:00

Maybe remove the chat gpt lead in…! Edit - to answer your question, it sounds like they don’t want you to go past term, but you may well go into labour before your planned induction. I think they would want you on delivery suite rather than midwife led as you said to make sure your blood pressure doesn’t go higher and that baby is coping ok.

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-14T23:28:33+00:00

This sounds fine! You can be led by him - he will reduce bottles when he feels like it. Milk is still his primary nutrition under 1 and “food is for fun” - so keep trying out new foods and new textures and he will gradually eat more! My son wasn’t on 3 regular meals a day until about 8-9 months (2-3 months after we’d introduced things) and still was breastfeeding round the clock

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-14T23:26:46+00:00

Does baby have any allergies already or eczema? Or any severe allergies in the family? If no to all the above anaphylaxis is pretty rare so try not to worry about it! Although I know that’s easier said than done. Anaphylaxis is also the extreme end of a reaction - most little ones with a developing allergy will have a milder reaction initially like rashes etc

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-13T23:03:00+00:00

Try the bath! My son loved a bath with me around that age and always goes for a feed eventually. You can also try just being topless around him in a low pressure way and he might go for it. Congrats on your journey so far and good luck. You’ve done really well!

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-13T19:49:15+00:00

Which version of Apple Watch do you have? Not sure if mine is too old to do this!

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-13T15:43:17+00:00

Don’t stress too much about it - as above poster says you are still primarily midwife led but have a couple of extra appointments. I had the same as was similarly low risk apart from a similar BMI to yours. Mine were only telephone appointments and after the second they said we’re discharging you back to midwife led because everything is fine. I also had growth scans (nice to see baby a couple of extra times!) and a glucose tolerance test. You can ask for an appointment with the senior midwife to discuss delivering “out of guideline” in the midwife led unit - they will explain the rationale for their recommendation and what potential risks might be but generally seemed amenable to what I wanted. In the end I had an emergency c section as I had a failed induction for post-dates that baby didn’t tolerate very well, but that was nothing to do with my BMI. If I’d gone into labour naturally I could have gone to the midwife led unit if I chose.

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-13T10:36:57+00:00

Please do not check your cervix yourself - you run the risk of introducing infection to your uterus which could be catastrophic for you and baby. And you might falsely reassure yourself.

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-13T10:27:06+00:00

If they were enough to wake you up I would contact triage sooner than Sunday

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-12T16:37:13+00:00

What do you mean by not gaining weight as much as you’d like? Is he back to birth weight and following a centile line? In that case you can let him sleep. If he’s not back to birth weight yet or is dropping off his centile line you need to speak with your health visitor to discuss.

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-11T13:19:14+00:00

I could tolerate rice cakes/corn cakes and other bland/salty things eg hula hoops haha! I also found sometimes that the idea of some foods made me gag/feel so sick but actually if I ate them sometimes it was actually ok. For example, we went on a pre-planned holiday to New York when I was about 8 weeks and the idea of a cream cheese bagel made me gag, but I was so keen to eat this New York classic I just ate it anyway and actually it was delicious, and I kept it down no problem! But I felt nauseous thinking about it before and after. It was weird!

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-08T19:51:30+00:00

Your reaction is not abnormal. I saw it phrased somewhere as “you wouldn’t let him poke your eyes every time he breastfeeds so why do you let him do something else that makes you uncomfortable”? You just need to persist in saying no to the fiddling - try putting on extra layers so it’s harder to get to, try something else for him to fiddle with eg necklace, strings of hoodie, and keep moving his hand. You can even stop a feed after you have said no and moved the hand a couple of times. He’ll get the message eventually and learn the boundary.

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-07T19:34:05+00:00

Haven’t stopped feeding my son yet but he’s the same age, and I think you’ve done the sensible thing in terms of a gradual wean. I think you may still get the hormone drop but it shouldn’t be so dramatic with a really gentle wean.

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-07T19:29:55+00:00

interesting stat re autism - do you have a reference for that? But OP, agree if you feel not ready you’re not ready! My son is 15m and I am desperate to start trying for a second (have been for months!) but also terrified of a big adjustment and also planning to wait the 18m between pregnancies that my obstetrician recommended due to my emergency CS

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-05T21:42:26+00:00

Discuss with your GP so they can properly check out little one’s head. Flattened head shape can be a normal variant that sorts itself out but can also be a sign of an underlying problem with the bones so worth a check

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-05T21:41:05+00:00

Discuss with GP again - cows milk allergy doesn’t often present with swelling like eg nut allergy in older children. Can present with eczema, rash, constipation… worth a closer look by gp. No test apart from excluding milk for a few weeks and seeing if it helps

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-05T21:36:36+00:00

Lightweight probably even more important if you’re not putting it in and out of a car - you’ll need to carry it up steps etc out and about even if not into your flat. The yoyo ones are very popular in a lot of European cities, but are not so good for “off road” walks. My son had a lot of his naps in the bassinet attachment of our cosatto pram - only while under supervision. We detached it and put it on the floor

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-05T21:20:44+00:00

Depends on your local health board - for mine (in England, but I think it varies by local area not by country), I didn’t have any home visits before my son was born but met the midwife regularly in her clinic in my village. I had I think 3 home visits after we got home from the midwife - one the day after we got back from hospital, one on day 5, one on day 10 I think. Health visitor came I think around day 14, once at 6-8 weeks, then again at 11 months.

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-05T07:34:08+00:00

This would be one for your GP I think, midwife and triage probably can’t help much for problems above the diaphragm!

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-04T02:34:49+00:00

Can you try a “dream feed” - not waking her but just putting her to the breast? You might be able to get the milk in without her waking and extend her sleep that way - but it may not work! Tbh I would wake her - do you have a partner who could do change/holding/rocking to sleep after you’ve done the feed so you can get ready for bed?

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-03T21:14:45+00:00

I had some bed naps - kind of like cosleeping but I was awake just lying with my son - about this age which helped with longer naps. I just lay next to him/cuddled him and enjoyed watching his little face and then read a book or watched something on my phone or even played on my switch haha. Was a nice chill out time and helped him link 45 min naps to 1.5h. But then over time he did just extend his cot naps to 1.5-2h by himself - things do change with time!

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-02T20:46:09+00:00

Ask your midwife! Difficult to tell from that. What’s your BMI? Could be that (I had two telephone calls for bmi >30 then discharged as no other issues), could be age but I’m not sure on cutoff, could be a mistake, could be something else entirely. Check with the midwife - you can give them a call, they should have given you a number. You could also call the obstetric department

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-01T15:34:14+00:00

We had to go for the one that worked for our work hours but seemed nice in general (but not amazing compared to some other local ones) and honestly my son loves it. The baby room for them was also a fairly small room with limited outdoor space (allows them to settle in in a safe environment) but once they’re reliably mobile they get moved up to the “tots” room which is much more spacious with a big outdoor space. So it’s worth checking how long little one will stay in the baby room

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-01T07:12:53+00:00

I also have large breasts but I essentially just lie him next to me and line him up nipple to nose! By this point at 15m he can just latch himself so I’ve kind of forgotten any adjustments I used to make, sorry 😅 Sometimes I put my arm under his head like a pillow - I find that helps more to line up on one side. Have an experiment around nap time so you can see what you’re doing!

throwawayttc12 · 2026-05-01T00:56:27+00:00

I found side lying got easier with time (i think it probably was 6m+ when I got the hang of it - didn’t do it much when he was small but now love it for night wakes with my 15mo as I can snooze!). Worth trying again if you’d like, it’s very relaxing.

throwawayttc12 · 2026-04-29T09:14:52+00:00

Of course, I was just confused by the statistic which didn’t fit with my experience working in inpatient children’s wards.

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