Feeling worried and miserable.

[sjs1528]

Hello, I am 40 weeks and 2 days pregnant with my second child, I am classed as low risk and everything has gone fine throughout the whole pregnancy so far. I went to see the midwife today and she did all my normal checks and they all came back fine as they have all through the pregnancy, then she measured my tummy and it came back as being 41cm, she felt the baby and said that it felt big - at least 8lb but no more than 9lb. She has now taken blood to check for Gestational Diabetes but in her own words says if I do have it, it is too late to do anything about it. It will prevent me from having my birth in the MLU like I wanted however. My mum has type 2 diabetes so I should have been given GTT earlier in the pregnancy (I did with my first) but I never saw the same midwife and it wasn't mentioned. I didn't develop GD in the first pregnancy (and I was high risk with a high BMI last time, whereas I have lost 4.5 stone before getting pregnant this time). Surely if I had GD this time something would have shown up before? Sugar in urine or in the normal blood tests? I know this is as stupid attitude but I can't help wishing she just didn't bother testing me as I don't really see what benefit it is going to do now and is just scaring me.

I understand what you mean, I'm sure she is just being over cautious and you don't have it. A friend of mine was told baby really big 10lb plus etc and she was 7lb something. Good luck xx

An 8lb baby at 40weeks isn't unusually large. I think you'll be ok, but I know how you're feeling. I was tested for GD four times because of perpetually slightly raised glucose in wee sample. Thankfully, all my bloods came back ok and I still used the MLU - at your stage, you might give birth before your bloods come back!

The main reason to check is in case your baby needs its blood glucose checking and stabilising after birth. If you've had no signs, and the only potential sign is a very slightly larger measurement, then I don't think you need to worry.

Thank you for your replies, I have my fingers crossed. My first child was predicted to be enormous but he came out 7lb 4 which I think was perfectly normal. I

I was tested at 39+5 because the baby shot up the growth chart. Turned out the measurement was wrong (the other midwife couldn't recreate it whatever she did). Came back fine - I'm sure it would've been picked up by now if it was an issue

Results have all come back fine