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Can I say No?

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SarahWJ · 23/07/2019 11:10

Hi all completely new to all this and it’s my first baby too, so I am 34 weeks today and I at about 30 ish weeks I had a Glucose test for diabetes as my BMI was slightly over. Told today that my levels are well within normal range. However as baby has grown a bit the consultant has ordered another glucose test, I feel it’s totally unnecessary so my question is can I say no?

Please be nice to me I’m feeling fragile today

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ChangesAt30 · 23/07/2019 11:13

You can say no to anything you don't want to do.

However, if it was me and that was the medical advice, then I would follow it 🤷‍♀️

Buddyelf · 23/07/2019 11:14

In the nicest way possible, if the consultant thinks its necessary why do you think its not?

PurpleDaisies · 23/07/2019 11:15

You can say no.

I really wouldn’t though.

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SarahWJ · 23/07/2019 11:18

The test just causes me so much stress the first time and I am within normal range? so how can I develop it within the space of 4 weeks?

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LadyGAgain · 23/07/2019 11:19

You can get GD at any stage. I got it at 34 weeks. As far as I can remember the test was drink a drink and then they test you? If they recommend it I would do it. You've come this far.

Bearno2 · 23/07/2019 11:21

I know how you feel, they sent me for 3 of those tests in my last pregnancy as urine sample was showing sugar. Came back perfect every time! I'm pregnant again and dreading having to go through it all over again... I feel like saying no after the first one I'll inevitablely have to do, but then also think what if I do develop it? Its not a fun test, I wish you well either way!

CatSmize · 23/07/2019 11:28

You can say no and ask if you can prick yourself before and after meals with the glucose level machine. Would you prefer that?

I failed the first test at 9 weeks so had to do the awful 3-hour test with a special diet. I threw up halfway through so it was void. They gave me the option to repeat the test or measure my own levels over the next month which I preferred. In the end, I don't have GD and just have to test myself one day per week for the rest of my pregnancy (31w now) and levels are still normal.

Maybe ask if you could do that instead?

DownUdderer · 23/07/2019 11:31

They have big worries about big babies that can get big from GD. The big babies can be harder to deliver. I’d do the additional test.

Amys136 · 23/07/2019 11:35

As others have said you can say no. What do you find stressful about the rest?

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SarahWJ · 23/07/2019 11:49

I just don’t understand how I can go from normal levels to having it surly it can’t just happen and I have been told it was going to be a big baby from 28 weeks so naturally the baby is still going to be big at 34 weeks just makes no sense to me and the way I’m feeling today is I just want baby out and to be left alone fed up.com, iv never been good with needles iv got better and I’m dealing with it just causes me anxiety and I have to now wait nearly a week just with it hanging over my head

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Disfordarkchocolate · 23/07/2019 11:51

You sound stressed and very tired, I remember the feeling well. I'd go for the test, it's best for you and best for baby. Good luck.

PotteringAlong · 23/07/2019 11:55

I just don’t understand how I can go from normal levels to having it surly it can’t just happen

That’s kind of how illnesses work though. Otherwise you’d be well or sick all the time. You don’t have it and then you do and if your levels have been changing in the last 4 weeks you’ve missed the gradual change.

You absolutely can say no, but you’d be foolish to do so.

Rachelover40 · 23/07/2019 11:57

It's not going to harm you to have a glucose test, Sarah, so have it. I sympathise with you about needles though, my husband was the same. However it won't take long and better to be safe than sorry.

Congratulations on your pregnancy btw, hope all goes very well. It sounds as though you are being well looked after.

I've had an idea - you can buy urine testing kits from any pharmacy to detect glucose levels. Diabetics often use them. Try that.

Good luck.

Keyboard91 · 23/07/2019 11:57

Sorry you’re having a rubbish time OP. A friend of mine had completely normal levels at 28 weeks. Was asked to take another test at 31 weeks as baby had jumped percentiles on the growth chart and came back as GD. Baby came out, not so easily, at over at just over 38 weeks. I don’t understand how it can happen so fast, but it can and does. She was the upper end of normal, BMI wise.

Ultimately you can say no though, it’s your body.

Best wishes OP xx

lovebeingmum9 · 23/07/2019 11:59

of course you can say no 😊
I'm on my 4th pregnancy and because of terrible sickness each time....I've declined every glucose test offered (because i know I wouldn't be able to stomach the drink anyway!) but do what feels right for you....also because it's your 1st baby don't feel pushed or pressured into anything as nobody knows your body better than you and it's your choice/ decision so don't be scared to voice yourself .....thats just a friendly bit of advice I wish I'd been given with my 1st and will help you in labour and all through having your child too! good luck x

OstrichRunning · 23/07/2019 11:59

As hormone levels rise towards the end of pregnancy, it can be more likely to happen and can do so quickly. With gestational diabetes, you really are better off knowing off you have it, baby too

SleepingStandingUp · 23/07/2019 11:59

Op I know it's hard - you don't like needles and it's basically 2+ hours of sitting around feeling sick and hungry.

However the whole point of offering retests is that it DOES come on suddenly, 4 weeks is ages in pregnancy.

Doctors don't recommend it just to keep the nurses busy, it's because they want to keep an eye on baby.

I'd do the test, you've done it once so you can get through it, and then hibernate somewhere cool for the next 6 weeks.

Good luck

Teddybear45 · 23/07/2019 12:00

GD causes stillbirths. I think you regret it and have worse anxiety (potentially for the rest of your life) if something happened to the baby as a result of you not getting a simple test done, right?

SleepingStandingUp · 23/07/2019 12:01

nobody knows your body better than you
Thst doesn't always work in pregnancy tho with an alien interloper growing inside toum. It's great you didn't have diabetes with any of your pregnancies but it's nieve to assume you'd have automatically known if you'd had it

castlecutie · 23/07/2019 12:06

my bmi was over at the start of pregnancy, so my doctor had me tested. i was tested at 5 weeks and yep, i had GD. found out i was pregnant and diagnosed with GD 2 days later 😂 you CAN say no, but i wouldn't. it's for your health and the baby's.

CatInADoghouse · 23/07/2019 12:12

Personally I'd rather go with that piece of medical advice and have the test rather and know the result than have the anxiety and the not knowing until baby is born. Blood tests usually come back pretty quickly.

PurpleDaisies · 23/07/2019 12:14

nobody knows your body better than you

This is utter rubbish. Plenty of illnesses are undiagnosed until they cause complications because people don’t know they have them.

The op had the right to make an informed choice and decline the test if she wants, but to imply she’d know if something was wrong is just wrong.

RB68 · 23/07/2019 12:18

you can develop it overnight once certain preg stages are reached. It also harms the baby - the glucose test is alot less stress ful than doing bloods 4 or 5 times a day which is really the alternative to ensure you are staying in range.

I went into prem labour as a result of GD that was controlled except for the fact I got a great big tooth abcess and the infection messed with my blood sugars sending them soaring and body just went into shut down and effectively started aborting as it couldn't cope - I delivered at 31 plus 5 a week after going into labour and she was born at 3lb 9oz.

I was looking after myself, was diagnosed, was taking insulin and monitoring bloods. It still happened and quickly. Please just go and take the test to be sure

boodles101 · 23/07/2019 12:20

I've got to have a repeat GTT too. Had mine 4 weeks ago and numbers were perfect. But I'm having twins and twice as likely to get GD, the babies have gone up the growth chart so they are doing extra monitoring.
I know it's a pain having to repeat it but at least they are looking after us and keeping an eye on things. You can of course refuse, but these tests are done to make sure us and our babies remain as healthy as possible.

AudacityOfHope · 23/07/2019 12:21

Look, I've been there and I know it's shit. GD twice, induced twice. But two healthy babies.

But my friends son was stillborn due to undiagnosed GD. It's a small inconvenience for a huuuuuge risk.

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