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Thanks for all the responses! I did some research as I was curious as to whether the UK and other European countries had a similar rate of diagnosis of GDM as the US. In the UK, the rate is at about 3.5% of pregnancies being affected by GDM; in the US, it is between 4.6% - 9.2%, depending on how the information is obtained (according to a 2014 report from the CDC). So whether the disparity is due to lack of testing here or if the incidence rate is just lower, I'm not sure.

I also read more about the risk factors for what would make someone higher risk - apparently nearly 50% of the pregnant population here has at least one risk factor, which would warrant the test being done. Aside from the factors I listed in my original post, another significant risk factor is family origin as certain ethnic groups are predisposed to the condition.

There also things they check through pregnancy - if you're gaining higher than normal amounts of weight and/or if your baby is measuring large for gestational age etc. I don't know, I'm not particularly worried about not being tested. I trust the health service knows what it's doing and if there was an issue with people with GD slipping through the cracks, they would change their practice....