Anyone had late diagnosis gestational diabetes?

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Saw new MW today who picked up on the fact that I haven't had a GTT and should have due to family history, baby's size and my own weight. I have to go for GTT tomorrow and have urgent appointment with diabetic mw on Thurs. I will be 37 weeks by then. Has anyone had a similar experience?

Am worried about the implications for the birth and the baby after birth due to gestational diabetes and the fact that I may have been causing problems through eating whatever I want throughout.

Am starting to feel annoyed that the previous MWs I have seen haven't picked up on this and sent me for this test earlier. What can they do at 37 weeks?

Tbh I had a family history, and signs in test results, yet I wasnt given the GTT until 39 + 1 and went into labour at 39 + 3 !

I think in my case it did have implications on my labour as I had ketones in my urine and very low sugars before I started 2 days of labour.

Although you do not have long to go, I think you should get enough help to try and keep yourself as well as possible between now and labour. I'm sure it was purely the blood sugars that made a difference to me. Yours should now be closely monitored.

Wishing you all the best - let us know how you get along.

I've had a similar experience, diagnosed about 2 weeks ago at 35 weeks, you really shouldn't worry about how you've been eating so far because you couldn't have known and having a couple of weeks notice means they can be extra vigilant for your birth and take the extra tests they need to for your LO

basically at this stage if you do test positive they'll have you check your blood sugar and control your levels through diet (tablets or insulin later if your can't be controlled by diet alone), they might send you for an extra scan to get a more accurate idea of the size of the baby, if the baby's showing big in the wrong way they might recommend to you being induced at 38 weeks, but this is completely your choice. If all's well they might want to induce at 40 weeks. They just do this it seems to be on the safe side. Bigger babies can lead to harder births and there are some possible complications for the baby that haven't been confirmed for GD but because they happen for normally diabetic mums they take precautions just in case.

For my labour having GD diagnosed means having blood sugars measured every hour during labour and injections to keep them steady if necessary, also means we both will be kept in a day or 2 to monitor my baby's blood sugar levels and make sure they're stable before letting us go. This means I can't go to the birth centre like I wanted which I was really annoyed about, but if not having the nice room is the worst that happens during my labour I suppose I should be grateful.

HTH, obviously this is just what's happened to me and what the doctors have told me but I shouldn't think it would be much different for you if you do get the diagnosis.

Anyway, fingers crossed they'll just give you the all clear then you can just relax and get ready for it all. Otherwise it does make things a bit harder but the better the devil you know and it's really not that bad I promise

Thanks. Tabi, that's really helpful and has calmed my nerves. Suppose I should just try to relax and wait and see what they say on Thursday.