Raised glucose levels - need to retest - tell me this doesn't necessarily mean GD?

[mindalina]

I was rather late having my glucose tolerance test (primarily because I am a massive wuss at having blood taken which I do realise is a completely naff excuse) and the hospital have called today to say I need to go in Thursday AM for their fasting retest wotsit. Am now 36 weeks pregnant and just getting everything in order for my desperately-longed-for-homebirth! So I am a bit gutted to say the least (although I do realise how trivial this is in the grand scheme of things really).

So anyway what I want to know is did you have to be re-tested for glucose tolerance and what came of it? I presume this doesn't automatically mean I have gestational diabetes. (Unsurprisingly desperate to hear from those of you who re-tested and subsequently had no raised glucose levels or anything!)

Has anyone been diagnosed with GD and gone on to have a successful homebirth? Don't me wrong I'm not daft, if they say I have to deliver in hospital I absolutely will, baby's safety paramount and all that - I just had a horrible time delivering DS and homebirth is part of the plan for a completely different delivery which was hopefully going to be much less traumatic for me!

And if you did get diagnosed with GD and have to be induced early or similar, how did that go?

Thank you for any input you might have... I'm trying really hard not to freak out completely over this (and yes I know I should have had the test much earlier and serves me right really etc etc.) but I've been having a wobbly few days anyway and this is the opposite of the cherry on the cake, if you see what I mean

I know nothing, but this might be helpful :)

www.homebirth.org.uk/gd.htm

Did they give you figure?

Thanks Sundae, interesting reading. It's good to know that GD won't necessarily rule out a homebirth. (Although at five foot nothing, if they start to predict me an 11-pounder, I think I'll just mosey on into hospital for that epidural after all and avoiding the old cascade of intervention be damned)

SBC no she just said it was raised - I think she said 'slightly' raised but can't recall exactly and tbh just assumed 'slightly' was one of those words they shove in to make it sound a bit less alarming to you, I don't know...

Hi, I'm not sure of the details but I know my mum had an issue with glucose when pregnant with me that presented as diabetes in the tests but wasn't. Don't know the exact details but I think it's the kind of story you're wanting to hear! Hope everything is okay.