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England

HOSPITAL RANT

Has anyone else with a history of Gestational diabetes refused the 3 hour class?
It’s my 2nd pregnancy, i’ve refused it (as is my right to do) and the diabetic midwife has told me she will not be arranging for me to have a monitor to track my blood sugars until i attend the class. I told her i don’t have the availability next week to attend a 3 hour class, my son is autistic and i don’t have childcare, she only offered to rebook for September. So they’re leaving me weeks unmonitored (i was diagnosed around 9 weeks pregnant, i’ll be 16 by the time the next class is.)
Surely it’s my right to choose whether or not i attend the class. I’m not refusing GD management treatment, i am simply refusing the class. I’m not interested in attending a 3 hour class where they dump all the pregnant ladies in one room because its cheaper and more convenient for the NHS. A class where they offer education on information i already know about, because this is not my first time. The only thing different is now they do app logging instead of paper logging. For that i have to attend a 3 hour class where they discuss colostrum harvesting?🙃🙃🙃 but if i don’t go they won’t provide the monitor or prescription for the needles needed to track my sugars. How is that okay?
Im just at a loss now