gestational diabetes test

They need to take your blood before drinking the solution and after, I don’t think it would be possible at home. Can you move it to a bit later time so you can do the school run?

they won’t let me change the time

They need to be a bit more accommodating cause you can just say the same, oh well I can’t make 8am. Or you can just try turning up after your school run and see what happens

she said it’s because they don’t like leaving you to long without food which I totally understand but jsut annoying when your trying to sort your other children out 😭 she said they sometimes offer weekend appointments but I’d have to get my bloods done by a GP, so I don’t fully understand how the weekend appointments will work if they can’t take the bloods at the hospital during that appointment 🤷🏻‍♀️

You can do home testing but means doing bloods after every meal for like 1 week

I got sent a home testing kit which was super simple and done in 2 hours on a day of my choice - I'm not sure they've rolled it out everywhere but well worth asking!

I got sent a kit to do at home & you do 2 finger prick tests for the bloods. You don’t have to send the kit back either, it was all really tech savvy & you scan your blood results onto an app. It was called Digostics GTT.

I did a home test yesterday and it was so easy. I didn’t ask they just told me that’s how they do them now in my area. It was so simple they use a small device that records your sample before and after the drink. Just a pin prick for a blood sample, drink the drink, wait two hours and another pin prick for a sample. Then you download an app that connects to the device and records your results and sends them off. All get my results in a few days. If you need any details just ask me xx

can I have more details please xx

Yes of course. Here’s a link to the company http://my-gtt.co/care where you can find lots of info. My midwife didn’t even tell me she was referring me for a test I just got a text from this company. It was sent a week before the test date by Royal Mail. With my first I was borderline so had to have a test every week at the hospital. I feel you pain because I just couldn’t do it with the school run now xx

Midwives can come out to do it I believe