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My blood pressure was fine throughout pregnancy until about 37 weeks, then it started increasing dramatically. I was monitored regularly and had endless urine tests, and no protein was ever detected. They let me go all the way to 40 weeks with a ctg every other day, and would have let me go further as long as bubs was fine and my BP didn't go over a certain threshold (I can't remember what). Sadly I had to be induced at 40 weeks due to PROM (completely unrelated to the BP), but was lucky to have a smooth induction.
So it can happen, it doesn't always turn into pre e! Mine stayed high for a few months after birth as well.

My BP spiked around 20 weeks, for about a month, so I was monitored closely for the rest of my pregnancy. It went back up at 37 weeks, so we planned to induce at 39 weeks. My dr felt that nothing good happens with elevated BP after 39 weeks... Based on the earlier elevation, even if I had been normal I wouldn't have been allowed to go past 40 weeks. We had a smooth induction and normal birth - never developed preeclampsia or anything. My BP was elevated slightly until I finished nursing... My body doesn't seem to like the hormone fluctuations! I did have to labor from bed because half way through the induction, my BP started to go up, which led to an epi when I couldn't deal with the pain without moving around.

Mine was really high at 36 weeks with LO2. They started talking about getting me to 38 weeks before they induced, but I didn't develop any other pre-e symptoms. I had to buy a blood pressure cuff and take my BP four times a day, reporting in every two days, but it never got high enough to induce. I went into labor on my own at 40+5.

My blood pressure was somewhat high throughout pregnancy, and my doctor wanted to induce by 40 weeks. I went into labor a few days before my scheduled induction.