If you're happy to do the tests yourself with a kit then I say go for it. Just let them know you would like to take that course of action. Much more accurate anyway and no toxic sludge drink
Jen congratulations on baby number 3 what a beautiful surprise... Sometimes we (or husbands perhaps in your case) do well with things just spontaneously happening on there own Hope the mw hunt is easier than expected to.
Arimeh I don't have an opinion for you re gtt... But I wouldnt really worry about making noise in front of your MWs, I'm sure that even if they have lots of women who hypnobirth they'd be experienced with 'louder' births as well. And in my person experience how you are in one birth can be completely different to another. My first two I didn't make much noise at all only a little deep moaning towards the end really, my fourth practically no noise at all. But my 3rd and this birth I made more noise (same kinda noises just more and much louder!). I think a lot depends on how the actual labour progresses etc (my noisey ones were super intense and difficult to cope with)
Arimeh - I gained 55 lb in my last pregnancy (so hungry!) and my midwife never pushed for the gestational diabetes test. And my last baby was also 7lb 12oz. I had been working hard to lose weight before I became pregnant, and as soon as I stopped "dieting", combined with being exhausted and feeling like crap if I wasn't eating non-stop, I gained weight super fast. If you've had reasonable sized babies, no family history of diabetes, and are otherwise healthy, I think you're pretty low risk. Talk to your midwife about the risk factors, I guess. As far as age goes, anyone over 25 is "higher risk", but that's virtually all the expectant population these days. As with everything, there's a risk with skipping the test, but it's just a matter of determining your risk/benefit ratio, and deciding what you're comfortable with. If it's on your mind and you're worried about it, then take the test and set your mind at ease.
About the birth - if your midwives aren't OK with screaming women in labour, they're lousy midwives. I'm sure you're not going to shock or offend them with whatever ends up happening during delivery, and I don't think that should stress you out in the least. For what it's worth, though, my fifth baby was my easiest labour. (That was my brow presentation baby. Pushing is where it got hard, but the labour was really easy!) I hardly made a sound through contractions right up until the end - just a bit of low moaning around 9-10cm. I couldn't believe it when they told me I was fully dilated and could push! My other deliveries were much louder. So it definitely could happen that you'll have a very calm and peaceful birth this time, but honestly, don't let that worry you at all!
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Hope the mw hunt is easier than expected to.
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