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Timing of birth in gestational hypertension

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Timing of birth in gestational diabetes

  • clinicians should not offer birth before 37 weeks to women with gestational hypertension whose blood pressure is lower than 160/110 mmHg, with or without antihypertensive treatment
  • for women with gestational hypertension whose blood pressure is lower than 160/110 mmHg after 37 weeks, with or without antihypertensive treatment, timing of birth, and maternal and fetal indications for birth should be agreed between the woman and the senior obstetrician
  • if planned early birth is necessary, offer a course of antenatal corticosteroids and magnesium sulfate if indicated

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