Oh man if I ever have another baby (which is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy down the future lol) I would give anything not to do that test! I didn't have it with ava... this time I did and by crikey that drink was foul .. its like... flat bacardi and lemonade.. so bad.. i struggled drinking that crap lol but then the nurse was like you only have 5 minutes to drink it then you have to start again :O
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some places do let u take the drink home hun, then just go in for the blood test.
would u feel better urself completely ruling it outor living with the checking for symptoms till u have bub? if it were me i'd have it done just so i didnt have to think about it again
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Sorry I don't know enough about it. I didn't want to do it this time but when it came time I hadn't researched and found out about it like you're doing now so I just had it again anyway. Hopefully it comes back ok and I don't have to worry but I was a bit worried about if it said I did have it and the implications for a VBAC you know? Next time I will look into it further.
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Perhaps you could ask your midwife to test for sugar in your urine instead and if there is something concerning then you can have the GTT. This is how GD is tested for in the UK to save women having the horrible drink test without a likelihood of it coming back positive.
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I like Trav's idea.
I did the test both times due to risk factors in my family.
After DS was born several midwives tried to tell me I must have had GD as DS was 4.3kg (at 42 weeks, mind) - I don't see what his weight has to do with it really.
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Maybe thats what she does? I remember last pregnancy when my midwife came around for the home visits (the other midwife - they worked together as a team) and she tested my urine at every appointment - would this have been what she was testing for?
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they might have been checking for protiens. I had to get mine checked every OB appt
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I think they test for a few things, including sugars
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I just know my UK midwife was really confused when I said I had been tested for GD with the glucose test in previous pregnancies, and said I must have tested positive or borderline in the basic test to be recommended the test. When I said it was standard for all women she was outraged and started listed the reasons why it was a bad idea (cost, unpleasantness of the test, inconvenience, false positive results, etc).
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I will NEVER have it again!!!
I had the test with the first 3, no worries.
Didn't bother with Za and Kane....
Most of my babies have been in the larger group, but no GD.!!
Because Z and K were "larger" babies, they pushed me to have the GD test with Harmony.
The one hour one came back "borderline", and they completly scared me into the 2 hr one....which also came back borderline... (btw, here we have to fast for a few hours, in other countries they give you a proper diet for a WEEK to get an accurate result!)
so from that minute, I was a "GD" patient.....monitoring, blood tests the works.. I had to go to the diabetics clinic regulary.. I was SO peeved, even the diabetic nurse couldnt understand why I had been sent. I was given the little finger ***** thingy, had to do it 4 times a day....
It NEVER went over average, but I was still a "GD" patient......
Once in labour, an Ob was called becasue of the GD, and he kept going on about a "large" baby.. idiot.... after she was born, we couldnt leave, becasue I had GD, so we BOTH had to have testing.... broke my heart.....
I will never have it again unless I have at least ONE symptom, which I never did....nor was ever one of my ***** tests over average....
If you go ahead with the test, you have to put up with the outcome, something I wont do again unless very neccessary......
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Hun, I think if you feel fine and don't have any other symptoms, don't bother, or do the urine test like Traveller suggests (didn't even know that was an option!). I have done it each time, but only because I had the opportunity to be there on my own if I had to drag the kids along too, then I would likely opt out too!! If your previous tests in previous pg have been fine, I wouldn't worry. Your babies are big because your DH is so tall. DS was 4.2kg and noone ever suggested it was because of GD to me, people always blamed that on DH! And he's not as tall as your DH is either I don't think!
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I will NEVER have it again!!!
(btw, here we have to fast for a few hours, in other countries they give you a proper diet for a WEEK to get an accurate result!)
i have to have mine on the 23rd, but was told because theres no "risk" of me getting a positive, i dont have to fast, just not have sugar-loaded food (like chocolate) befor it.
i wish i was given the option to not have it!!
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I have GD with this bub but I didn't notice any symptoms. I am glad I had the test, as painful as it is I would rather have it and treat it then not know that I had it and have it left untreated.
My sister had GD with her 1st bub and it wasn't picked up until a week before bub was born and she was almost 11lb, she also had it with her last bub and it was picked up n treated and that bub was almost 8lb. So a big difference in size.
I personally wouldn't feel comfortable not having the test. If you don't want the test and your midwife is happy with that its up to you. I just thought I would share from my POV.
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Because my dad was diagnosed with diabetes last year, and I'm over 30, I now have been advised to do the GTT (ie fast overnight and go in for the long test) which I'm feeling a bit peeved about. I ummed and ahhed about it last time, and what irks me this time is that I'm very fit, eating better than I did with the first two, weighing MUCH less than I did with the first two, and they were very average weights (can't remember kg but 7lbs with S and 7 lbs 3?4? oz with T). Being over 30 and the family history are the only two symptoms.
On the other hand, talking to Dad about his diabetes and knowing the risks of having it, I'm reluctant to avoid taking the test. I feel like it's a bit of a catch-22.
I'm also really bad at going without food at the best of times... all I can say is someone had better be there with a bacon sandwich straight afterwards, otherwise I will cry, throw up, get incredibly angry, or all of the above.
Hmph. At least I'm not due to take it until after Christmas. That reminds me I have to book it tomorrow. It's making me annoyed just thinking about it now.
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