re: Refusing the Glucose Screening Test

I'm the OP of the thread, I ate what ever I wanted to before the test. I figured it would be better for me to follow my regular diet instead to eat nothing and get a false negative on the test.

Quoting Ski&Meg&Ash:“ My next appt is on Feb 19th and I am seriously thinking of refusing the glucose test. I'm not overweight, ... [snip!] ... and I hate that crap, it takes days to get over it, so I just want to pass on the test. Has anyone else passed on their's?”

hun you dont have to be overweight to have this problem and you should get it becuase its recommended.

Quoting Only6weeksleft:“ hun you dont have to be overweight to have this problem and you should get it becuase its recommended.”

Yeah, I had the test the week after I posted this or so.

Quoting Ski&Meg&Ash:“ Yeah, I had the test the week after I posted this or so.”

damn lol i missed it. I failed mine at first but got a normal reading at the 3 hour which i still have bruises from  

Quoting Ski&Meg&Ash:“ I'm not afraid of needles, injections are just fine, I don't mind drinking surgary things, having my ... [snip!] ... to yourself. The only side effect do this that I can see is that you come out with a 10 lb baby. Has anyone passed on the test?”

I'm sure someone in the last 17 pages has said something similar to this, but to be honest I don't have the patience to read through.

There are ALOT more serious complications then just "having a 10lb baby" If you were to have undiagnosed GD then your baby could go into shock imediately after delivery. What happens is as your blood sugar levels rise and remain high your child will start producing insulin for you, and then at birth they are no longer expossed to your sugar levels but their insulin levels are still high and that causes them to go into shock and it is a possibly fatal complication.
Also it shouldn't be a normal sent to the lab, sit down have big needle inserted into your elbow kind of blood draw. Your Dr. can do it in the exam room. They will prick your finger with a little lancet, squeeze a small drop of blood onto your finger and put a small strip up that will automatically draw the blood into it. And about 5 secs later the glucometer will tell your dr. your sugar level. It doesn't hurt and is faster then an injection. There will be no turnicates and vials. I do this process 4 times a day because I do have GD. It really isn't that bad.

i didn't realize how old this thread was.

oops.

Quoting Ski&Meg&Ash:“ My next appt is on Feb 19th and I am seriously thinking of refusing the glucose test. I'm not overweight, ... [snip!] ... and I hate that crap, it takes days to get over it, so I just want to pass on the test. Has anyone else passed on their's?”

I didnt pass mine, but it doesn't matter if you have a family history or not. It could still end up affecting you, and you don't have to ber overweight to have issues.

Quoting gryphbear:“ I'm sure someone in the last 17 pages has said something similar to this, but to be honest I don't ... [snip!] ... There will be no turnicates and vials. I do this process 4 times a day because I do have GD. It really isn't that bad.”

I took the test, it was negative. This was posted over a month and a half ago.

Quoting witchhunt:“ i didn't realize how old this thread was. oops.”

haha, its okay. I guess some one was searching through the forums and found it.

Quoting Only6weeksleft:“ damn lol i missed it. I failed mine at first but got a normal reading at the 3 hour which i still have bruises from  ”

I was noticing it last night and I have a bunch of tiny scars on my right arm from blood draws. I bruise really bad too.

Quoting Ski&Meg&Ash:“ I took the test, it was negative. This was posted over a month and a half ago.”

Yeah I realized that after I had already posted. Oops. Glad you decided to take the test though.

Quoting gryphbear:“ Yeah I realized that after I had already posted. Oops. Glad you decided to take the test though.”

Yeah, I didn't think it was that big of a deal. I had found two or three forums on other websites where people had turned theirs down. I had already the test and everything scheduled when I wrote the thread.

when i went they just did the finger prick at my doctors..no blood was taken from my arm! So maybe you can just ask for the finger prick?? idk.. the nurse said most doctors do draw the blood from your arm but they dont at my doctors office.. You get the results back within like 2-5 minutes also instead of having to wait a couple days or w/e.

Quoting Kacey Denae:“ when i went they just did the finger prick at my doctors..no blood was taken from my arm! So maybe you ... [snip!] ... at my doctors office.. You get the results back within like 2-5 minutes also instead of having to wait a couple days or w/e.”

I asked but they said they couldn't do that. They wait until the 28 week appt to do the glucose test and draw for that and do the 28 week blood work. So they said they couldn't prick my finger.

I just had mine done today and I ended up having a seizure after my second blood draw. They told me if I didn't get my third blood draw I would have to redo the entire test at another time, I refuse! I will follow the guidelines of having gestational diabetes before I will ever sit through that again. I am very nervous when it comes to getting my blood drawn. If my b/f wouldn't have been with me they would have never known I was even having a seizure since I was in a chair with my back turned to them.