That was awful! rant

[charliebear]

My Dad is diabetic, should I be having this GTT test? The midwife hasn't said anything to me about it, but then I don't find they tell me much at my midwife appointments. Thanks x

My consultant has requested a blood glucose test, not sure at how many weeks though. My Dad and Grandad are Diabetic. I guess if there was anything going on it would show in your routine bloods, which would prompt a GTT.

 

[Lou12]

Sorry you had a horrible experience hun Mine went better than I thought! I was told to call my GP for the results - and reception told me I had to make an appointment with the GP to "discuss the results".

 

[EmmaN27]

My mw appointments seem to be the exact same Emma, she actually seemed like she was annoyed I was asking so many questions!! I had to ask about parenting classes, all she did was give me a number, and I asked about general health questions cos I was getting lightheadedness and dizzy spells, and she just told me to make a doctor's appointment cos it didn't sound like it was pregnancy related! I thought that was a really common thing in pregnancy, so I think she was just fobbing me off.
I haven't been asked to do a GTT test even though my brother has Type 1 diabetes, so I'm a bit surprised. I guess cos I'm measuring within a week I'm not needing to? It didn't even occur to me to ask about that xx

Its awful that your both having to ask all the questions they should be telling you these things!
I'm measuring normal Leesey. Seems some places are more thorough than others! x

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It's ridiculous isn't it, especially when it's your first baby and you expect them to tell you everything you need to know. To top it all off, my 28 week blood tests that were done 2 weeks ago by the midwife seem to have gone missing and it looks like I will have to get them done again and midwife didn't seem too bothered about this! x