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pear / 1703 posts
@QBbride: An aside, but I just saw you're in Vancouver. I didn't realize there were any others here! Nice to know
nectarine / 2210 posts
Like others have said, I didn't have any risk factors but still had gd.
pomegranate / 3192 posts
@Autumnmama79: that's so cool! What part of Vancouver? We're in North Van
pear / 1703 posts
@QBbride: We're downtown in coal harbour - we were in Lynn Valley yesterday for family day! Beautiful day yesterday and today
pomelo / 5220 posts
Will probably get tested for the next baby, but I think they test everyone.
pear / 1521 posts
I am pretty certain it is standard practice. Though I failed the 1 hour test and then couldn't make it through the 3 hour without vomiting (happened twice) and then I almost failed my second go round so they made me check my sugars for two weeks anyway (I was fine). So I will definitely be declining the 3 hour in the future if I fail the 1 again and just go straight to checking blood sugar.
grapefruit / 4355 posts
It is standard practice here. And I would have the test anyways even if it was not. You can wind up with GD even if you have no risk factors.
grapefruit / 4819 posts
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....
persimmon / 1436 posts
I took it once with my first pregnancy. That baby was LGA and so with my next pregnancy, they tested me twice: 1st and 3rd trimesters. I passed the one hour all three times. The last time I felt so sick, I was sure I had failed but my doctor said I had an amazing result on that one.
My first baby was 9 pounds 5 ounces and the second was 9 pounds 10 ounces.
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