Gestational diabetes test 😥

Heyyy I’ve had the gestational diabetes test. Purely based on your/my bmi. Honestly don’t stress it, just 1 more check up on yourself & bubba. It’s just routine for them to tick the boxes. That is what I told myself xxx

Thank you, honestly just feel like theh are constantly looking for things wrong it's really annoying. I've got 6 appointments in weeks and it just seems a lot. I've had a healthy pregnancy before so it just baffles me. I think I'm more annoyed because I've not had any symptoms or anything 🙃 my midwife is just constant and on my first pregnancy i didn't have half as many appointments and fuss. Can't wait for him to come and won't be having anymore until I lose weight because I'm not doing this again 🙈 xxx

Ahhh bless you. It does feel like constant appointments doesn’t it. I wonder if you can opt out of some of them? Maybe tell your midwife that this isn’t your first rodeo & that you are feeling overwhelmed xxx

I feel like I'm being dragged in all directions 🙃 I think I'll definitely be saying something to my midwife. It's extremely overwhelming as I have a 6 year old who's disabled and I work so I don't get 5 minutes. I'm also getting married in 2 weeks so I have enough on my plate 🙈😆 xxx

Absolutely speak up & say you only want essential tests etc & congratulations on the wedding, try not to get yourself all worked up hunni xxxx

I had it with my first due to bmi. I was sick with the drink so got rebooked to go again but I refused as I had horrific morning sickness throughout my whole pregnancy and the drink just made it worse so I knew I wouldn’t keep it down again. They made me check my bloods myself at home 3 times a day and record it on app that linked to the hospital for a week. All was fine and that was the end - I would recommend this way over the drink any day! I am currently 20 weeks pregnant with my second and because he was a big baby I have to go through it all again but I am going to request the bloods I think as I am very sick again with this one! X

I’d go to it. It’s much better to be tested and find out you’ve got it if you have early on then Risk any complications with you baby. I had it with my pregnancy and it’s hard and can cause some issues but only if it’s uncontrolled etc. Also I thought the drink was quite nice (clearly can see how I had it😂🤦‍♀️) but yeah deffo worth getting it checked and then when it’s negative you can relax knowing it’s all ok ❤️x

I've had it with all 3 of mine due to bmi. With my 1st and 2nd it was lucozade so it was better, this 1 is the overly sweet glucose drink and its vile. I cant stand overly sweet stuff so I need to talk to midwife if there is an alternative way