February 2014 Moms
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Anyone NOT doing the glucose test?
calimama2007
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I didn't do it w DS, and I'm thinking I probably won't either this time. It makes zero sense to me to test for something that I have no risk factors for or history of.
Anyone else?
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Re: Anyone NOT doing the glucose test?
And you do have a risk factor, you're pregnant. 1 in 4 women get GD. Better to know than be like that woman in Utah with her 14lb newborn!!!
Your care would change if you test positive for HIV, just like it would change if you test positive for GD. And, since every pregnancy is different, you're tested every one.
Did you opt out of any other tests? (Sequential screen, 12w U/S, A/S...)
I guess IMHO, it's better to know. That way I can do everything I can to help care for my Minion, and prepare for the care it will need in the future.
I think I will do the Glucose with all of my pregnancies regardless of my personal risk level because it's one of those conditions that is different with each pregnancy (not that it is pleasant), and it is a low risk test.
This. The glucose test is really NBD.
GTT is also a very non-invasive, low risk and an easy test. There are also health/risk factors for you and baby if you do have GD and it isn't managed well enough.
Also, this might be a US thing, but I also didn't know something like GTT was "optional".
This is not a test I would ever skip, no matter how bad I feel after.
If you are a city/surnerban dweller, look at the data from a source that is based on that. If you work the land everyday, eat off the land, and live 'cleanly' then use data more relavent to that.
I personally have a long convo with my MW about each test. We together decided which tests were relavent to me and my philosophy. But open communication was key to having that support and knowledgable discussion.
I opted out of most testing, including this one. I have faith that other '1st world countries' who are less handsie and have equivilant infant mortality rates can do it for decades, why take tests, increase insurance premiums for a group, and my out of pocket?
I agree knowledge is power, but I use that knowledge to make an assessment of risk(health, mental, financial) and reward ( would I really stress about said result, how standard is said test in ALL developed countries, not just the US). The medical instudry is tricked people into what is standard and expected and believing what their definition of risk is according to liability, not (not so common) common sence.
Are you going to decline the GSB swab too because you have no symptoms?
I wasn't going to post anything because GTT posts make me see red, but OMG, this explains so much, THANK YOU 8-X ^:)^
Our grocery store is our garden, eggs from my ducks, milk from my goats, meat from 1 cow and pig every 2 years plus anything DH hunts/ fishes.
Now, obviously if you don't have a prostate you won't get prostate cancer, and it's hard to get knocked up without a uterus, but most diseases don't work that way.
Risk factors increase your odds of having a disease, but not having them doesn't mean your odds are always going to be zero.
That's why women with no risk factors can get GD or have babies with Down's syndrome.
Not having a risk factor doesn't mean you're 100 percent safe.
BFP #3 -mm/c @ 7wks, discovered at 9wks, D&C 9/28
BFP #4 5/29 EDD 2/9 - please be our rainbow
And yes, I think it's asinine to not get the test. No matter how it makes you feel, how hard it is to travel to get it done, etc it's damn important to know if you're dealing with gd or not. Not just for you, but for your baby.
Seriously, the way some people work out why they "can't" do simple tests just amazes me. 8-|
My life, my love, my boys
DS: Liam born 8.30.10 at 35 wks (PPROM, Pre-E, C-Section)
DD: BFP 6.9.13, EDD 2.12.14, A/S 9.20.13... It's a Girl!
Adeline Leigh born sleeping 2.11.14 at 39 wks 6 days
How very softly you tiptoed into our world, almost silently, only a moment you stayed. But what an imprint your footsteps have left upon our hearts. - Dorothy Ferguson
Many of the GOP 20 or even 8 manage their health care systems along those lines. It's also how they keep their health care affordable, yet have very similar maternal rates.
I grew up in an environment that Epidurals we're not given normally, it was an extended labor (. 36+ hrs) or c section thing. It was not for the contractions hurt, I'm 2 hours in. I did not grow up remote as I am now. But I grew up where the dominate heritage was European.
Since I see my MW 30 min drive from the house at her house, I can't 'stack' appointments. When it is deemed need, I will gladly go to town for the health of Baby and I. But what my NEEDED is different then yours. I don't condemn anyone's right medical care as they see they need it.
Everyone makes daily choices of their health. They make it with what they do with their bodies, their minds, and what they put in their bodies.
I do however get really frustrated at a system that uses it's own data to back their own POV, and discredits others data from just as 'civilized' countries when it disagrees with them, but backs it when it agrees. There is a fundamental flaw in any argument pro or con for anything in that situation.
I'm not sure why someone would skip the tolerance test, GD can kill your baby if left untreated or cause serious complications and can have negative health impacts for the mother too. And ANY woman can develop GD, they don't know why some women develop it when most do not.
Granted it's not super common, and to be fair there is some debate in the medical community about screening ALL pregnancies vs. skipping women with zero risk factors including being under age 25. But if your Dr has recommended it I don't see the need to skip it. I somehow don't think the sugar drink/blood draw is pulling in mad cash for the Drs that they are suggesting women do it for profit or some such nonsense. I could maybe see the argument that they test all pg women to avoid litigation.
TBH - I can't get myself all worked up if someone wants to skip a screening test and I can't really understand why people care so much about it. If she's choosing to skip it, and her care provider is cool with it that's between them. It's her/her baby's health that they are making decisions about, not mine.
And I know quite a few people who were under 25 with their firsts and still had GD.
Skipping this test because it doesn't reflect your healthy lifestyle is bullshit. Good luck.....
XoXo
Sarah
BFP#1 10/24/11 EDD 07/01/11 DD1 6/29/11
BFP#2 07/26/12 EDD 03/21/13 M/C(mmc6wk)09/04/12 @~11w
BFP#3 02/08/13 EDD 10/22/13 M/C(mmc6wk)03/11/13 @~8w
BFP#4 06/05/13 EDD 02/19/14 DD2 02/05/14
I agree with this statement, no one can make you take any test. However, the reason posts about the GTT make me mad is because Many (not all of course) times, the reason a person is upset they have failed or don't want to take it is because they are healthy. The test must be wrong, because unlike all the other moms who get GD, they are healthy and all people who have GD have made poor health choices. And if this feeling of invulnerability is the reason a person is refusing a screening, maybe a bit of education will help change their minds.
Doubtful, but maybe.
Specifically- where is the 'industry' using its 'own' data to back its 'own' policies? What I see is stop us different companies and individuals doing vast amounts of research and presenting findings in various journals, etc.
Also- the gd test IS for the health of your baby. So why would you refuse it? It puts no risk on you or the baby of ptl or miscarriage...
My life, my love, my boys
DS: Liam born 8.30.10 at 35 wks (PPROM, Pre-E, C-Section)
DD: BFP 6.9.13, EDD 2.12.14, A/S 9.20.13... It's a Girl!
Adeline Leigh born sleeping 2.11.14 at 39 wks 6 days
How very softly you tiptoed into our world, almost silently, only a moment you stayed. But what an imprint your footsteps have left upon our hearts. - Dorothy Ferguson
Color me uncaring, but I don't feel like it's my "duty" to educate the masses on their health choices. And I just, I dunno, I'm feeling a tad grumpy today but there's a lot of judging going on for what amounts to an individual's choice that has no bearing on my pregnancy. I'm not really conveying my feelings well, but it's striking me too close to the general notion that pg women's decisions are a matter of public opinion.