Please help me I really don't know if I want to have this done or not. I am terrified I am going to pass out if I have this done and I just know it is going to have a snowball effect on my anxiety and potentially undo all the work I've done with hypnobirthing. I have just calculated online my risk for GD is low at 14%. I equally understand the implications of I did have GD. What would you do?
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You definitely need to do it. I’ve asked for the blood sugar monitoring kit instead of the glucose drink so maybe you could do that?

I've currently had two gestational diabetes tests and me and my baby are 100% okay. Doesn't harm in anyway... I usually pass out quite easily due to low sugar levels

I ALMOST passed out, but I didn't and it's very like me to just faint! I was so hungry I felt like I was going to eat loads after but I actually felt sick as a cat so I didn't 😂 I still went back to work after

I didn't pass out on either of my diabetes tests..

Why are you terrified? I’ve had it done 4 times, it’s really nothing to be scared of and you need to know for the health of your baby. You literally have a blood test, drink some juice and wait for a few hours for your second blood test. The worst part is being hungry so just make sure it’s booked early. For reference I have diagnosed health anxiety & OCD. Undiagnosed gestational diabetes is much scarier

I mean it’s not nice, but it’s something you really should do for the sake of your baby. It’s definitely not as bad as people make it out to be x