Anyone refuse the GTT?

pinklightbulb · Mar 3rd, 2012, 19:54 PM

Just wondering if anyone else has declined the glucose tolerance test? I have been told it's OK as I'm such a low risk. Just wondering if I made the right choice although I'm pretty sure I have. Here they make you do a 3hr GTT staright off the bat. Is it mandatory in other parts of the world?

mom and ttc · Mar 3rd, 2012, 20:42 PM

heard of a lot of people not having ANY symptoms, the test is really easy and didnt bother me at all with my DD you just drink their fluid wait and give blood and urine ...

why take the risk?

ellinme1 · Mar 3rd, 2012, 21:23 PM

They insist that you take it where I am from. Just because you are low risk, and have no symptoms does not mean that you do not have it. I have a friend that is 130 lbs, is fit, and eats great, and it turned out that she had gestational diabetes.
The tests are easy and are for a good cause. I am not saying you should do it, as I think we all have the right to choose what is best for us and the baby, but I was just curious why you do not want to take the test.

pinklightbulb · Mar 3rd, 2012, 23:21 PM

Because I had a very low result off my last GTT (standard 1 hr, which I am still thinking of doing but not sure if there is any point, that's why I'm asking) from my pg with Eamon. They actually advised me to keep an eye on myself for hypoglycaemic episodes after it.
That and I have nobody to watch Eamon while I sit around for 3 hours waiting for a result I know is going to be negative

I just don't see the point tbh. I'm less than 50kg wringing wet, have had a complication free pg, and was told by the mw that I have none of the risk factors whatsoever so the 1hr GTT would be fine or I could skip it altogether.
I was just wondering if anyone else has ever declined it is all. We don't always have to do *everything*, do we? If I have been assessed and found to have no risk factors at all and been told I'm fine to skip it, is it that big a deal? Some women are offered screen tests and amnios and decline them, why can I not decline this?

ellinme1 · Mar 3rd, 2012, 23:43 PM

You can decline it. I was not trying to be negative, and I hope you don't take it that way. I was just wondering your reasoning, that's all. With your previous low tests and possible hypoglycemia I can completely see why you are very low risk. You know your body better than anyone else, so I say just go with whatever you think.

Insectile · Mar 3rd, 2012, 23:47 PM

This is your pregnancy and your baby. You can do whatever you feel is best! I will personally be taking it because my pregnancy has not been complication-free and I'd like to know.

pinklightbulb · Mar 3rd, 2012, 23:48 PM

Oh I knew some people would see it as me taking a risk and I suppose it is, I just want to know if it's a risk that's worth taking seeing that my last GTT has such a low result

madmae · Mar 4th, 2012, 08:11 AM

I have a friend who like you was very low risk....she ended up with gestational diabetes. I have a friend who is twice the size of me who didn't get it. I know size can be a factor but you shouldn't let it be a deciding factor.

I have gd and this is my 2nd pregnancy with it confirmed. Over here in the UK we get tested differently....we just have a 2 hr test. I can't say that its fun to do but after having my son admitted to scbu due to low sugars I am so pleased I was offered the test early.

I guess my point is that if offered the test what do you have to lose other than 3 hrs. If you're lucky you pass and don't have to worry about it any more...if you fail you get the help you and your baby will need.

overcomer79 · Mar 4th, 2012, 08:30 AM

Here it is mandatory. I have a friend who was low risk but ended up developing GD so even though it is a pain, if I had the option, I would still opt to do it.

mom and ttc · Mar 4th, 2012, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by pinklightbulb

Some women are offered screen tests and amnios and decline them, why can I not decline this?

declined the amnio or other genetic screening because i would not abort a disabled child, my friend who has a child with downs, told me she was happy she didnt knew before her baby girl was born.
i do have scans and pay for a 3D scan to make sure we are not missing anything.
the glucose test is necessary for me, because it could harm me and my heathly baby ...

Mar 3rd, 2012, 19:54 PM	#1
pinklightbulb Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 6,260	Anyone refuse the GTT? Just wondering if anyone else has declined the glucose tolerance test? I have been told it's OK as I'm such a low risk. Just wondering if I made the right choice although I'm pretty sure I have. Here they make you do a 3hr GTT staright off the bat. Is it mandatory in other parts of the world?

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Mar 3rd, 2012, 20:42 PM	#2
mom and ttc Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2011 Location: florida Posts: 2,709	heard of a lot of people not having ANY symptoms, the test is really easy and didnt bother me at all with my DD you just drink their fluid wait and give blood and urine ... why take the risk?

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Mar 3rd, 2012, 21:23 PM	#3
ellinme1 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 349	They insist that you take it where I am from. Just because you are low risk, and have no symptoms does not mean that you do not have it. I have a friend that is 130 lbs, is fit, and eats great, and it turned out that she had gestational diabetes. The tests are easy and are for a good cause. I am not saying you should do it, as I think we all have the right to choose what is best for us and the baby, but I was just curious why you do not want to take the test.

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Mar 3rd, 2012, 23:21 PM	#4
pinklightbulb Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 6,260	Because I had a very low result off my last GTT (standard 1 hr, which I am still thinking of doing but not sure if there is any point, that's why I'm asking) from my pg with Eamon. They actually advised me to keep an eye on myself for hypoglycaemic episodes after it. That and I have nobody to watch Eamon while I sit around for 3 hours waiting for a result I know is going to be negative I just don't see the point tbh. I'm less than 50kg wringing wet, have had a complication free pg, and was told by the mw that I have none of the risk factors whatsoever so the 1hr GTT would be fine or I could skip it altogether. I was just wondering if anyone else has ever declined it is all. We don't always have to do everything, do we? If I have been assessed and found to have no risk factors at all and been told I'm fine to skip it, is it that big a deal? Some women are offered screen tests and amnios and decline them, why can I not decline this?

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Mar 3rd, 2012, 23:43 PM	#5
ellinme1 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 349	You can decline it. I was not trying to be negative, and I hope you don't take it that way. I was just wondering your reasoning, that's all. With your previous low tests and possible hypoglycemia I can completely see why you are very low risk. You know your body better than anyone else, so I say just go with whatever you think.

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Mar 3rd, 2012, 23:47 PM	#6
Insectile Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 309	This is your pregnancy and your baby. You can do whatever you feel is best! I will personally be taking it because my pregnancy has not been complication-free and I'd like to know.

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Mar 3rd, 2012, 23:48 PM	#7
pinklightbulb Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 6,260	Oh I knew some people would see it as me taking a risk and I suppose it is, I just want to know if it's a risk that's worth taking seeing that my last GTT has such a low result

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Mar 4th, 2012, 08:11 AM	#8
madmae Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Essex Posts: 890	I have a friend who like you was very low risk....she ended up with gestational diabetes. I have a friend who is twice the size of me who didn't get it. I know size can be a factor but you shouldn't let it be a deciding factor. I have gd and this is my 2nd pregnancy with it confirmed. Over here in the UK we get tested differently....we just have a 2 hr test. I can't say that its fun to do but after having my son admitted to scbu due to low sugars I am so pleased I was offered the test early. I guess my point is that if offered the test what do you have to lose other than 3 hrs. If you're lucky you pass and don't have to worry about it any more...if you fail you get the help you and your baby will need.

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Mar 4th, 2012, 08:30 AM	#9
overcomer79 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 4,418	Here it is mandatory. I have a friend who was low risk but ended up developing GD so even though it is a pain, if I had the option, I would still opt to do it.

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