Very confused about Gestational Diabetes test....please help!?

What an incredibly screwed up place! The instructions should be higher carbo load, not a sugar high for 2 days! Either way, the higher carbo load several days in advance eliminates some women from getting false positives for the GD test.

In any case, by either scale, you are over the limit, which is why you are seeing a specialist. Typically, the only treatment is a diet lower in carbohydrates. The fact that your numbers went up, not down for the next hour is why you are seeing a specialist.

Current GD diagnosis numbers used by most clinics:

one hour=190, two hour=165, and three hour=145.

Here are the numbers your doctor is using. My clinic considers these to be overly conservative and sticks with the ones above. They certainly aren't justified by research, yet.

one hour=180, two hour=155, and three hour=140

I am pre-diabetic, so wouldn't even be taking the test. I received my free meter and buy my test strips and they will just take the information I provide. Check around for prices on test strips. I found the cheapest ones for my meter through Amazon.com of all places.

edited to add: In reference to your additional comments, YES! I recommend you use a home tester and test yourself. Keep a chart of your results. Every few days do a 1 hour, 2 hour and 3 hour test after a higher carb meal. Bring these results to your doctor. However, as I say, treatment for most women with GD is simply a lower carb diet. My doctor actually prescribed South Beach to me. There simply is no reason for you to take the GD test again since you will have more accurate results from your day to day testing before your next appointment.

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When I took it they had me go in one day (not eat from midnight until I took the test), drew some blood before the test (as a way of tracking glucose without food and such) and drink the orange gunk. Then they took some more blood to see what the levels went to after wards. I had to sit for like 20 or so minutes after drinking the stuff too to give it time to set. They are supposed to do the entire thing IN OFFICE to ensure the results are correct.

I would try to get onto pregnancy medicaid or something if I were you and make them redo the test correctly. Maybe even look into speaking to someone else about doing the test, like the diabetic specialist.

They did something wrong. It is crazy to have someone eat candy bars like that in the first place. If you WERE diabetic they could have killed you and they baby for crying out loud.

Retake the test.

Good luck honey and congrats on the new baby! =)

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On baby number two and three they never made me take it, I don't know why. Just on my first one.

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The candy bars make no sense although they would likely not have created the abnormal result a day later. Please get yourself to another doctor. I agree with the person above who suggested medicaid if you are unable to afford medical care.

You likely have gestational diabetes which needs to be treated. If left untreated it can have serious consequences for you and your baby. Please eat a healthy diet for a diabetic and avoid big swings in your blood sugar. Watch for a lot of simple carbs (breads, cereal, etc) as they are converted into sugars fairly rapidly. Try to maintain an even blood sugar in a normal range.

While it is rare it is possible to lose a baby due to untreated diabetes. It happened to us. It would have been avoidable with proper treatment. It sounds like you are on top of this so with proper monitoring, medication if needed and diet everything should be fine.

All the best.

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the whole point is to see how your body does under stress, which is what the glucose drink is for. Telling you to eat an inappropriate diet in the days leading up to the test is unheard of and completely skews the results of the test.

I would go to a different clinic/gp or whatever and ask for a gestational diabetes test from someone else.

It would not surprise me if they purposefully wanted to mess up your test to simply be able to get more money out of you.

Eating poorly in the days leading up to this test DOES affect the result, and increases the likelihood that you'll be seen as having diabetes. Obviously putting the body under this added stress has no actual bearing on whether or not you HAVE diabetes otherwise every doctor would HAVE to make all patients do this. Clearly it has been decided that the glucose test on it's own is enough to demonstrate your body's ability to handle it's glucose/insulin things.

I am not an expert but that sounds strange to me. I took my test a little while back and was instructed to drink this glucose drink (which was given to me at my previous appointment) 45 min before arriving. I was not to eat candy bars or even to fast before the test. I just wasn't supposed to eat anything after having the drink. Can't tell you for sure if that's normal but I sure didn't have to do that, I don't think I could even eat that many candy bars without getting sick!

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