To find out why the committee made the 2019 recommendations on the monitoring and treatment of pre-eclampsia and timing of birth and how they might affect practice, see rationale and impact. Postnatal investigation, monitoring and treatment (including after discharge from critical care) Blood pressure 1.5.13 In women with pre-eclampsia who did not take antihypertensive treatment and have given birth, measure blood pressure: at least 4 times a day while the woman is an inpatient at least once between day 3 and day 5 after birth on alternate days until normal, if blood pressure was abnormal on days 3 5. 1.5.14 In women with pre-eclampsia who did not take antihypertensive treatment and have given birth, start antihypertensive treatment if blood pressure is 150/100 mmHg or higher. [2010] 1.5.15 Ask women with pre-eclampsia who have given birth about severe headache and epigastric pain each time blood pressure is measured. 1.5.16 In women with pre-eclampsia who took antihypertensive treatment and have given birth, measure blood pressure: at least 4 times a day while the woman is an inpatient every 1 2 days for up to 2 weeks after transfer to community care until the woman is off treatment and has no hypertension. 