Diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes at 35 weeks after a negative at 28 weeks with normal size baby. Confused?

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Hi guys

I had a Glucose Intolerance test at 28 weeks due to being South Asian. I passed the test, they did not contact me meaning there were no positive test.
I recently transferred hospital due to personal choice at 35 weeks. Due to the transfer, they wanted to do everything again including a scan, blood tests, weight and height checks, GTT, consultant appointment, everything again. They said everything was absolutely fine with the scan and BP and everything. The sonographer said my baby was on 33 percentile. The AC was plotting on the 65 percentile and water was high measuring 7.6% as largest pool but it said on the report and she said herself that it was normal although there was a lot. She said baby is happy and so is she because everything is normal.
I then go for a consultant appointment followed by midwife and she asked me to do the GTT again, as reluctant as I was due to the horrible glucose drink, I accepted and she convinced me due to not being able to call the previous hospital up for results.

I went for the test and tested positive. Due to it being Ramadan at the moment, there is a lot of unhealthy fatty oily foods at iftar that my family make. (I am not fasting) although I do still eat healthy generally and have fruits and veg, I still had carbs like white bread for breakfast and some sugary snacks here and there but not excessive amounts. Also had a lot of desserts due to iftar and going to people's houses to eat and having inviting people for dinners at home. Before this, Ive had a healthy pregnancy, barely ate fast food or sugary foods and I've been craving healthy foods.

My confusion is due to the fact that my baby is measuring normal. Would it have started now? What will my risks be? I still need to collect the test kit on Monday and also have a midwife appointment on Wednesday and I will ask her many questions.

I'm pretty upset about the diagnosis and have been feeling really down since. It's making me feel ill as well maybe due to me being worried. Other than this I've had a happy good pregnancy.

I started yoga a few weeks ago but I still need to go for walks too.

Any advice?

Thanks

If baby is measuring normal and everything seems OK then there is nothing to suggest you can't carry to term as normal.
GD only plays a factor when baby is measuring large and then reccomended induction but it's usually case by case.
I can't remember if it is 34 or 36 weeks that they don't test after due to false positives.
Depending on your results the advice may literally just be to keep a healthy diet like it sounds like you are rather than taking any medication. Until you have your midwife appointment to discuss it just continue as you are and please try not to worry.

Thank you! That really helps and keeps me calm. I will definitely discuss it with my midwife. When I got the call yesterday, I don't think they look at individual cases and then tell you about it. She just said a lot of information but my head was all over the place and I didn't understand some things she said.

I'm also struggling already with hunger and not being able to just grab an apple or a banana.. I've read online it's best to pair it with something

I've just had almost the same happen - diagnosis at just shy of 35 weeks after a negative GTT (and also no GD in my last pregnancy) - though they asked me to monitor blood sugars as I had excess amniotic fluid and baby was measuring big. My son was huge so I assumed it was just the case that I grow big babies, but my fasting sugars in the morning were always just nudging over the limit. I was really teary after finding out, it's such a natural response as it really comes as a shock, especially if the rest of the pregnancy has been nice and boring!

Have a look at the Gestational Diabetes UK website - it's an absolute treasure trove of information, including about when you've just found out, being diagnosed late, birth, and diet. For carbs like fruit, you should pair with protein or fat (peanut butter will be your best friend!) as it makes the carbs break down into sugar more slowly - and definitely don't go hungry! Otherwise things like veg and hummus or whole grain crackers with cheese are good.

I'm having a section at 39 weeks this time, but for unrelated reasons - I'm taking metformin as my morning sugars wouldn't come down just with diet (they're the hardest to control as it's just hormones playing up), and even with that they would have been happy to let me go to 40+6, so it hopefully won't have too much of an effect on your birth. A friend had GD in her first pregnancy and still had a lovely home birth.

The diet is a pain, but the advantage of a late diagnosis is you only need to follow it for a few weeks - good luck! Xx