going in to take the 3 hour test next wednesday. i'm a little nervous about it sense both my father and my grandmother have diabetes. i know that for the test i have to fast for 12 hours, get poked 4 times and sit around for 3 hours. BOO! lol. anyone else been through this??? also if you have and your numbers came back bad and you had the diabetes what was it like? are there any symptoms?????
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i had gestational diabeties and i was given a machine to test my sugar and summoned to the hospital every week to check my daily readings, i didnt feel any different because my sugar seemed to be okay it was around 5 before food and 6 after only on some days would it reach 7-8 but i managed to cut out the food that was causing me problems.
i had to go to a nutrition class where they told me to have a fibre filled cereal for breaakfast and eat no carbs after 5pm but i could eat plenty of protein.
i was okay and delivered a healthy 6lb baby, surprisingly they told me i would have a massive baby.
my mum is diabetic so i thought i was going to have it permanently but they tested me again 3 months after my labor and i was fine.
good luck - the test itself and the glucose drink is awful - take some food with you to have after the test is done you will be starving.
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i did i with my 2nd baby they did it a week before i had bub and they come back very bad i felt normally like there was nothing wrong with me they said it would do that but if i have bad sugar levels could mean bub could be born with it, or effect them later on in life, my baby come out fine she is 9 mths now they tested her when she was first born for the first 24 hours, just got to eat healthy no drugs or anything my patner has diabetes, so i knew everything i had to do anyway good luck don't worry i cryed when i found out i had it then once i got it all worked out it was fine even tho i only had i for i week
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i had pre-diabetes before pregnancy and was put on medication.... but now that im pregnant my levels were starting to rise ( i cant remember the number it was) im now on insulin at night and tablets during the day and have to self check my sugar levels before breakfast, 2hr after breakfast, 2hr after lunch and 2hr after dinner!!!! its a pain in the *** but ya gotta do it.... btw i never did the 3hr test just the fasting blood test at 13wks preg...... i generally feel the same just a lil more tired! and a lil dizzy