Glucose Test

[Perplexed]

I went to my dr today and she recommend I do the 1 hr gct...kind of a surprise as I expected to do it another day.

I've eaten cereal in the morning and put sugar in my tea. Would this influence my result?

Getting dizzy while waiting lol.

 

[londonangel]

You can't do it if you've eaten, it needs to be a fasting test or it will influence your result. They need to make you an appointment for another day. Where I am they give you the drink at about 9am and you're not allowed to eat or drink anything other than water from 12 midnight.

 

[Perplexed]

In my last pregnancy I did the 1 hr test without fasting. They told me I could eat but not to go crazy on sugary things like donuts...but I had my normal breakfast that day. Some places don't do it fasting. I guess I'm worried because of the cereal and sugar in my tea whereas last time I had 2 boiled eggs and no sugar in my tea lol.

They'll do the 3 hr gtt with fasting if this one is high.

 

[Christina86]

I did the 1hr test without fasting. The 3hr fasting. I failed both miserably =[

 

[lcmorla]

I took the glucose test the other day on an empty stomach. Man, it was gross! I didn't want to take any chances so I didn't eat the entire morning. It sucked. I bought breakfast and had it sitting in my car and scarfed it down when the appt was over. Hehe. No GD here!

 

[CamoQueen]

My doctor just warned me against anything really sugary before the test. Apparently she has a lot of patients who will fail and then admit to her that they ate a big bowl of cocoa puffs and a donut right before the test!

I had scrambled eggs with spinach a few hours before my test and passed with no problem. Unless you heaped sugar in your tea or your cereal was really sweet I would imagine you should be fine.

 

[Perplexed]

I did the 1hr test without fasting. The 3hr fasting. I failed both miserably =[

So sorry to hear

 

[Perplexed]

My doctor just warned me against anything really sugary before the test. Apparently she has a lot of patients who will fail and then admit to her that they ate a big bowl of cocoa puffs and a donut right before the test!

I had scrambled eggs with spinach a few hours before my test and passed with no problem. Unless you heaped sugar in your tea or your cereal was really sweet I would imagine you should be fine.

I'm glad t9 hear this. Hoping it goes well. Should hear back on Saturday.

 

[Radkat]

My dr says the same thing - 1 hr is non fasting, but don't overload on a sugar that morning. If you fail this one, I'd request to take the 1 hr again before you take the 3 hr fasting one.

FYI - I failed both tests with my DD and tested my blood sugar 4x/day for the last 10 weeks. My numbers were all within limits. This time, I told my OB that if I failed the 1 hr, I just wanted to test my blood sugar, instead of doing the 3 hr (it made me nauseous, headachy and I figured it would just turn out the same as last time). I did fail the 1 hr, but my dr had me test my blood sugar 4x/day for 1 week and send her the numbers. All of them were fine and she said I was fine. Just to test occasionally and she'd dip my urine at each appt to watch for too much sugar.

 

[Perplexed]

My dr says the same thing - 1 hr is non fasting, but don't overload on a sugar that morning. If you fail this one, I'd request to take the 1 hr again before you take the 3 hr fasting one.

FYI - I failed both tests with my DD and tested my blood sugar 4x/day for the last 10 weeks. My numbers were all within limits. This time, I told my OB that if I failed the 1 hr, I just wanted to test my blood sugar, instead of doing the 3 hr (it made me nauseous, headachy and I figured it would just turn out the same as last time). I did fail the 1 hr, but my dr had me test my blood sugar 4x/day for 1 week and send her the numbers. All of them were fine and she said I was fine. Just to test occasionally and she'd dip my urine at each appt to watch for too much sugar.

That's actually a very good idea!