I need opinions and suggestions.. Currently 29 weeks. Went for checkup earlier tdy. Took glucose test & nurse called back in the evening saying my results are out & my sugar lvls are quite high & they want me to go back on Thurs for full day monitoring from 8-530pm to make sure everyth is ok. This is my 2nd pregnancy. W my 1st, i didnt take any glucose test and had a natural birth w/o epi. But this time round i have to do it becos they said compulsory. Idk whether to go on Thurs or just tell them idw to be monitored & continue with my pregnancy till i give birth. (I was thinking who wont get high blood sugar after drinking the glucose water.) Will it cause any harm to me and my baby? Do i need pay more attention to it? Any mothers who have GD during pregnancy do u do anyth? Idk im confused :/

Yes it is very impt to monitor ur glucose level. The glucose test is to test how well ur body break down the sugar (from the glucose water) after 1hr and 2hr. If ur reading is high, it means that ur body may not be able to break down the sugar well. If left unmonitored, ur baby will grow very big (since the bb just keep absorbing the glucose from the food u eat). Also, when ur glucose is very high, the baby needs to produce insulin to bring down the glucose in his body. (You can go read up online), I rem there health implication for the baby. So it’s not a matter of big baby, but also health reasons for the baby. Then of cos with big baby, you may not be able to go thru natural birth? Or it gets too big that you have to induce earlier ? And FYI: big baby from GD mummies goes to HD ward too for monitor. I had GD during my pregnancy and with diet control, it can be control. It may seems troublesome for some mummies, but I will do anything within my control to give my baby good health .