faqs about high blood pressure in pregnancy

  • When you have high blood pressure, our care complements (but does not replace) your medical care. While your healthcare team manages important clinical checks, we focus on your emotional, psychological and practical preparation for birth and early parenthood. We want you to feel informed, to have the insider tips and tricks that help you have the healthiest possible experience and we want to help you process the emotional impact of this diagnosis.

  • Not necessarily. Many women with hypertension have vaginal births. We’ll help you understand your options and what matters to you and help you achieve your goals.

  • It can increase the chance of complications, but with careful monitoring, many women have safe outcomes. We want to help you have the safest possible outcomes and help you stay healthy!

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Dial a Midwife … we’re here for you - all the way

Understanding and Managing Hypertension During Pregnancy 💗

High blood pressure (hypertension) during pregnancy can feel daunting — but with the right care, many women have safe and positive outcomes.

What we can offer

  • What high blood pressure is and what it means for you and your baby

  • How to work with your care team.

  • What sort of care you can expect.

  • Warning signs to look out for.

  • Understanding more about your blood and ultrasound results, so you know what you may expect.

  • A constant, familiar face in what can seem like a sea of strangers.

  • Guidance on birth planning, what may be recommended for your birth and things you may like to negotiate or discuss to help you achieve the sort of birth you ideally want to have.

  • Gathering the right support team around you.

  • Understanding how high blood pressure can affect your baby and what sort of care you can expect.

We’ll give you evidence-based advice alongside emotional support so you feel reassured, capable and empowered throughout your pregnancy.

✨ Free with your Medicare card
✨ Tailored, compassionate support
✨ Practical tips to complement your medical care

We know the hospital has your blood pressure, ultrasounds and blood tests covered - we’re here to help you feel prepared, heard, help you process things as they unfold, make plans that are realistic and achievable and help you step into birth feeling strong, informed and supported.

Accessible and convenient

No matter where you are in Australia, you can book a telehealth (or phone) consultation with your midwife. We offer video and phone consults for women in the privacy and comfort of their own home. For new parents and families in rural and remote Australia, it is comforting to know that a midwife is only a call away. 

Highly Trained Midwives

All of our midwives are not only registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, but also endorsed. Endorsement is available to midwives upon application after completion of at least 5,000 hours of practice and obtaining additional qualifications. Endorsed midwives have a Medicare Provider Number and PBS Prescriber Number. 

Our midwives are experienced in all settings - clinics, public hospitals, private hospitals, birth centre, homebirth, private practice and obstetric services.

available

We offer flexible times for appointments and if you need a same-day appointment, we will always try to accommodate you. Use our service as little – or as much – as you need. We encourage continuity of care and would love to be by your side, online, as you journey through your pregnancy and experience the first few weeks with your new baby. We offer home visits for Sydney-based patients (an additional fee may apply).

Bulk-Billing – free care for Medicare card holders

If you have a Medicare card, our phone and video consults are fully covered by Medicare - there is no out-of-pocket fee or gap with a Medicare card. We’re unable to assist if you are outside of Australia or if you’re currently in hospital, and without a valid Medicare card, a small fee will apply.

Supplement your care

We’re super keen to bridge the gap in care between going home from hospital with your baby, and the 6-week check. We also know from experience that many women feel anxious, leave appointments with unanswered questions and find it so helpful to have a single, trusted midwife on the end of the phone throughout pregnancy and for the first six weeks after the birth of their baby.

midwifery continuity of care

Ad private midwives, we offer care for women as early as a missed period, throughout pregnancy and for the first 6 weeks of baby’s life. For many women, our service will provide the only source of continuity and consistency throughout their birthing year.