I haven't read the rest of the thread.
I didn't do the GD test. It upset some apple carts the first time round, and lots of people who were pregnant just before me felt like they had been duped for believing the HAD to have the test, and lots were defensive about having done it 'routinely'.
I just didn't feel that I was in any combined risk category, so I declined. The second time round was fine, cos my HB midwives knew that everything else was tracking well, and having a good, all-round knowledge of my lifestyle, birth history and notes on the pg meant that they weren't going to be relying on test results to 'manage' my pregnancy - they just needed all the other skills they have learned from helping women birth over their collective years of experience
Anyhow, people are confronted by non-compliance, especially when they know you're pregnant (all hail the white coats!), and are often threatened by it. It doesn't have to be your story. Go with your instinct to avoid it. Your job is to birth your bubba, not to be worried about being a 'good girl' and doing everything they tell you to do
I declined the GD test when I was pregnant with Lucinda. My previous history and just the general feeling in myself told me I would be fine. Turns out I was right
I went into my midwife appointment a few days ago very nervous about that she'd say to me when I mentioned I wasn't going to do the GD test...so we got around to discussing it, she said 'Oh, I see you got a referral for the GD test, how did that go?' And I said I didn't do it, and she said that was fine, that all of my risk factors are very low and in her opinion there was no need for me to have it done. She was pleased with my healthy eating and exercise, and confirmed that if I were to have had GD that is all they would have done to control it anyway...so all in all, not only do I feel happy and comfortable in my decision, but I have the extra bonus of being backed by the program and the hospital, which tbh in all my hospital cyniscm, I didn't think that would happen, and it did. Excellent
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