To have the test or to not have the test?

[maz]

I had so much stress with V over this
I apparently had GD...doc was more worried that I couldnt eat and threw up all the time, GD nurse only wanted me to go on insulin and cracked it big time when I told her were to jab her dame needed.....V was ment to be an 11pound plus baby....pfffttt try 7pound 2 oz! I loved throwing that back in the GD nurses face when I saw her.
With M I tested and my range was completely normal and they couldnt believe it so wanted me to do the big test anyway....told them also were to stick that.

YOu have to know for yourself what you'll get out of it...and honestly with your previous record id say you'd get diddly squat from it.

BUT
here is what you asked for

Gestational diabetes occurs during pregnancy. Symptoms may include excessive thirst, urination, fatigue or thrush infections. However symptoms are often not obvious in gestational diabetes.

High risk groups
Some women are at increased risk of developing gestational diabetes. High risk groups include:

Women over 30 years of age
Women with a family history of type 2 diabetes
Women who are overweight or obese
Indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islanders
Women of some ethnic groups including Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Middle Eastern, Polynesian and Melanesian women
Women with a history of gestational diabetes in a previous pregnancy.

[Arimeh]

That's basically the same risk groups I read last night Maz, except the age was 35 - not 30. And on that list, I was only at risk because I am overweight - which I've been for the other pregnancies - but I was probably classed as obese with Eden's pregnancy and no GD there....

[Persephone1]

I think (for me) it was really stressful to consider how I might be treated if I was labelled as GD. My SIL, for example, was labelled as GD and then told that her Ob wouldn't "let" her go past 38 weeks because baby was going to be over 4kg. She was induced at 38 weeks and gave birth (via c-section) to a 3.1kg boy. He was smaller than my own DS born at 41 weeks (not that comparisons apply but ykwim). The whole saga made me very disappointed - particularly as a 4kg isn't that big and had my SIL been "allowed" to continue the pregnancy she might have had spontaneous labour and perhaps even avoided a c-section. (PS I don't judge my SIL, it's my issue, not her's).

I also know someone who birthed a 4.8kg baby with no GD diagnosis. For her it was just a case of "big genes" but no doubt she'll be classified as being in a risk category because she's had a previous large baby. Pfft!