DD1 being 4.1kg means I am high risk.

[*Efjay*]

i refused the GTT in my last pregnancy. The one before that DS was 4.4kg & I did not have GD. Nor did I this time. No one argued with me, bascially just gave me the referral & said they have done their job. If I go I go, if I don't I don't. So I didn't & no one said anything at all. DS (of that pg) was over 4kg also.

[Kazzo]

I rang and got a lovely lady. She was suprised that the said I needed to do the test. I guess it really does depend on what MW you see. Anyway she said no worries, it will just get put down that I declined.

Now as for the OB visits that can be discussed after 20 weeks she said.

So glad it is sorted and I was not made to feel like I was not doing the best for my baby.

Jelly & Saffy, they wanted me to do this as well as the test at 28wks.

[Three Graces]

Like what everybody else has said, just refuse the test if you don't want to do it. My DS1 was 4.1kg, DS2 was 4.7kg (No GD either time). Both boys were overdue and quite puffy when they were born. DD this year was a tiny 3.8kgs. I did a growth scan around 30 something weeks and she was in the 40th% at the time (cue, Magnum ice-creams au-go-go from that point onwards A GP I saw last year said that some hospitals freak out if a baby is over 4kgs, but they're still normal. Nothing new there!
I hope you start feeling a bit more supported

[beansbeans!]

which hosp is the b one?

You are well within your rights xo

[onthefly]

Well that sounds much more sensible

[Kazzo]

Beans, B is the one close to you

[Trillian]

kazzo, they can't do it that early and get a reliable result - that's why it's done at the time it's usually done because it doesn't tend to appear until 20-24wks. I'm certain I've read something about it. Basically your medwife is blowing hot air up your backside trying to get you to do something that is completely and utterly UNnecessary! My first baby was a fraction bigger than your DD1 and NEVER was I told that it was a risk factor for GD for subsequent pregnancies. I would politely refuse and say you would prefer to wait until the normal time frame to have the test and you can make a decision then. I''m assuming that if you tested positive for it that there would then be a hell of a lot of other constraints put on you and the later you have to deal with that **** the better!