Gestational Diabetes testing
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I did try and say that today, that the scan they did he was lopsided. My urine came back fine and plblood pressure, and no family history of GD or regular diabetes, my sister is a doula and said that I can refuse testing and has advised that I don't test for it, followed up with a podcast on the subject that covered a bunch of studies on the subject.
I've refused my GD test this time because of the way I was treated last time (I got a false positive). They started pushing induction on me immediately, even though my baby was always slightly below average when measured, and I had no complications. I was never on meds and I didn't change my diet, bc I didn't have it. It felt like they were using it as an excuse to evict my child early. I'd refuse it if it was due to scan position and there's no other signs anyway.
You can refuse the blood sugar test, but I would instead say you will monitor your blood sugar for a week. I had GD and I would recommend testing, because even if you don’t have it it’s better to know; as the complications that can arise from GD such as larger babies// meaning a vaginal delivery maybe harder. Babies born with low blood sugar, you’re also at an increased risk for pre-eclampsia. Most of GD pregnancies can be managed with diet (watching your carbs). Also if you do have undiagnosed GD, your placenta is what causes it, and the further along you develop in pregnancy the more likely it is stop passing nutrients to baby properly (I’m talking 36+ weeks).
Hi, I have declined the glucose test due to my own reasons, and have been offered doing blood sugar monitoring for 1 week instead
You can say exactly that to them, you think the measurements are due to the scan position and you don't want to undertake a GTT just because of that in the absence of any other symptoms (like urine coming back positive for example)