Gestational Diabetes & Birth Options

I would really like to go for a natural birth with least intervention (just gas and air - maybe a pool) in the Midwife Led Unit as my ideal preference however the nurse said today it is their trust policy or whatever that I be consultant led and gave me information about inductions saying they will start discussing this with me at 35 weeks to plan. I've only just been given my monitor to check sugar levels and I'm not silly obviously if my diabetes is uncontrolled and increases lots of risk factors I'm happy to consider these options but I can't see why I can't have a hands off birth if it's all under control and well managed. The nurse said I need to be in the consultant led unit so they can check babies sugar level when it's born and that's why I need to be there. Surely they can transfer me up and do a quick prick test on baby? Then she went on to talking about the golden hour to encourage breastfeeding after birth which kind of counteracts the whole taking baby to do a sugar level test when they are born 🤔. Anyway my question is does anyone have any positive low intervention stories of birth in MLU with well controlled gestational diabetes? Did you have to fight for it to be that way? I'd be giving birth at Princess Royal.

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