Hi all,
I am 28 +5 and am due to have my check for GD this week due to my Dad being type 2.
Feeling a little frustrated after a wasted trip to the hospital this morning for a blood test. Was told during my booking appointment over the phone at 14 weeks that I would need the test and they sent out the paperwork stating I needed a Full Blood Count and a GTT.
But when I saw my midwife 3 weeks ago at 25 weeks she said it will be a different type of test as hospitals don't want you hanging around for 2-3 hours due to Covid-19.
I called the community midwife phone line about a week ago as I still hadn't had an appointment for a test (for some reason I thought I needed one) and she said I would just need a routine blood test as although my Dad is type 2 I'm not a high risk pregnancy. She said determinedly that I would not need to fast.
Went along today and was told to come back tomorrow as I hadn't fasted. 🙈 Because the original paperwork said "GTT" that's what they have to deliver.
Not the end of the world but I just wondered, for those that have had a GTT recently, did you have to hang around in the hospital? What is the actual procedure?
I made arrangements to come back at 7am tomorrow to get it done first thing but I also have my 28 week midwife appointment at 9am and so I am debating as to whether I will have time before.
Sorry for the ramble, hope I have made sense.
Although my hospital have been amazing to us, its also crappy that you never get to speak to the same person twice!! 🙈