Blood pressure clinic
Our specialist hypertension (blood pressure) team will care for you during pregnancy if:
- you had high blood pressure or kidney dysfunction before your pregnancy
- you had high blood pressure during a previous pregnancy
- you develop high blood pressure during the pregnancy
- you are at higher risk from high blood pressure
The team is made up of:
- a consultant obstetrician
- a hypertension specialist senior midwife
- two doctor fellow registrars.
Appointments
Usually, you will continue to have routine midwifery appointments with a community midwife. You will also have extra appointments with the hypertension midwife.
If your pregnancy is high-risk or complex, you may see the hypertension midwife for all your midwifery appointments.
Our midwifery booking appointments are on Tuesday mornings. Other routine appointments with the hypertension midwife are on Thursday afternoons.
- Clinic hours: Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm
- Tel: 020 3299 4324
- Location: Harris Birthright Centre, Antenatal Clinic, ground floor, room six
What to expect
- Discussion about your high blood pressure and your pregnancy care
- Personalised schedule of care and appointments
- Management of symptoms and medication
- More regular ultrasound scans
- Signposting to evidence-based information, to help your decision making
- Information on research trials that may be relevant to you
- Monthly joint clinic with kidney consultant for complex care planning
- Six-week follow-up after the birth, to update on care and medication, and give advice for future pregnancies
- If your condition was complex, you will be offered a review six months after the birth
We aim to manage your blood pressure without admitting you to hospital. This can mean frequent monitoring appointments, which we will discuss with you.
Where possible, your specialist appointments will be scheduled on the same day. This is to reduce your number of visits to the hospital.