Just found out I failed my glucose test :(

[JFTB1177]

This has never happened to me before. I don't think I am eating any differently than I did with my first 2 pregnancies, I don't understand why I failed this test. Now doc's office says I need to take a 3-hr test. Does this mean I have gest diabetes? I am really worried as I am planning a second VBAC! Can someone who has also failed the test please let me know about your experience, and if everything ended up okay?

[lillymonster]

it's just a screening, so you can still pass the 3 hr test.

[JFTB1177]

Originally Posted by lillymonster

it's just a screening, so you can still pass the 3 hr test.

Did you ever fail yours? Is there anything I can do so I'll pass the 3-hr one?

[Stayathomemommy]

the first screening test has a lot of false results. do a search on how to pass your glucose test. it doesnt hurt to prepare.

[JFTB1177]

Thanks Stayathomemommy- do you think because I had pizza and juice before the 1-hr test it could have affected the results?

[dakotablue]

My sister failed the 1st passed the second. sometimes its a fluky thing.

good luck

[dakotablue]

Originally Posted by JFTB1177

Thanks Stayathomemommy- do you think because I had pizza and juice before the 1-hr test it could have affected the results?

Wait....I've never been allow to eat before test. My new mw has a list of food I can eat but I think they are all protein...

[texmati]

Originally Posted by JFTB1177

Thanks Stayathomemommy- do you think because I had pizza and juice before the 1-hr test it could have affected the results?

yes, esp juice.

I was scheduled to take the 1 hr at 3pm, but rescheduled for the morning so I could take it fasting.

sugar levels rise and fall through out the day depending on intake and activity. The test is really unscientific, because there are so many variations in how it's administered, and what results are considered passing.

I figure I'll give myself the best possible chance of passing, and then if I fail, I know I have a problem.

What they are trying to do is give you X amount of sugar and see how your body responds in Y amount of time. But If you had juice before hand, you really have X+juice in your system which may or may not have worked itself out by Y time.

[MyFullHouse]

I failed the 1-hour with #3, and passed the 3-hour just fine. I'd be more annoyed at the prospect of taking the 3-hour than worried about the "meaning" of the first results, really.

[JFTB1177]

Originally Posted by dakotablue

Wait....I've never been allow to eat before test. My new mw has a list of food I can eat but I think they are all protein...

Man... my doc's office didn't tell me anything about fasting or diet restriction!

[JFTB1177]

Originally Posted by texmati

yes, esp juice.

I drink a LOT of juice on a daily basis, I always did but it never affected my tests before. Do you think I should start cutting down on juice? I never drink soda.

[JFTB1177]

Originally Posted by MyFullHouse

I failed the 1-hour with #3, and passed the 3-hour just fine. I'd be more annoyed at the prospect of taking the 3-hour than worried about the "meaning" of the first results, really.

Thanks Fullhouse! I am making myself soooo worried about this!!

[JFTB1177]

Ok, I've been doing some research on the net... seems like some advise to fast before the 3-hr and some say to eat sugars so your body gets used to them??? Another lady said to "carb up" for a few days and then fast (this was a very old thread that I read so couldn't respond). I am so confused!! I just want to pass this test to there won't be any problems. <sigh>

[texmati]

Originally Posted by JFTB1177

I drink a LOT of juice on a daily basis, I always did but it never affected my tests before. Do you think I should start cutting down on juice? I never drink soda.

no... not unless you do have GD (which you'll figure out at the 3-hr).

Have you had sugar tests before that were unaffecteed?

My understanding is that you are usually asked to fast before a glucose tolerance tests if you are not pregnant.

Some ob's don't ask you to fast because, well you are pregnant. And eating will most likely cause a false postiive, which would then be screened out in the 3 hr test (which they do ask you to fast for.).

My 'note' asked me to refrain from consuming sugary foods before the test.

[Simonsez2u]

Hi, this very thing just happened to me this week. Wednesday I go in and take the 1 hour test and big fat FAIL. The cut off is 145 and my level was 165. They had me come back yesterday for the 3 hour test and I pass no problem. I know it's tough not to freak out about it, I know I was worried but it seems to be a common thing.

Oh, and I was told not to fast with the first test just not to eat anything super sugary and for the 3 hour I was told not to eat or drink anything after midnight the night before.

I am a VBAC as well!

[MyFullHouse]

Originally Posted by JFTB1177

Ok, I've been doing some research on the net... seems like some advise to fast before the 3-hr and some say to eat sugars so your body gets used to them??? Another lady said to "carb up" for a few days and then fast (this was a very old thread that I read so couldn't respond). I am so confused!! I just want to pass this test to there won't be any problems. <sigh>

Keep in mind that they are screening/testing ONE MOMENT in time. Elevated sugar at one specific moment means your sugar is elevated at one specific moment. During #4's pregnancy, I managed to spill glucose on a urine test... because I forgot I had gorged on cotton candy at the circus the night before. Not because I had GD!

If you were to fail the 3-hour, your sugar would be monitored more regularly. While I don't know how that plays in to regulations and your birth plan, it would certainly give you better insight into whether you've overdone it on the sweets or actually have GD, since it would show you your sugar levels at many more points in time.

I passed the 1-hour this time, but I was fully prepared to pick up a glucose monitor rather than take the 3-hour if I had failed. But that's with midwives who don't have many restrictions on who/what they can take, and they were fine with my plan.

[JFTB1177]

Originally Posted by Simonsez2u

Hi, this very thing just happened to me this week. Wednesday I go in and take the 1 hour test and big fat FAIL. The cut off is 145 and my level was 165. They had me come back yesterday for the 3 hour test and I pass no problem. I know it's tough not to freak out about it, I know I was worried but it seems to be a common thing.

Oh, and I was told not to fast with the first test just not to eat anything super sugary and for the 3 hour I was told not to eat or drink anything after midnight the night before.

I am a VBAC as well!

Thanks SO much for sharing this!!! I hope I pass the 3-hr too... my last VBAC was a hb with a mw but for various reasons I am having this baby in the hospital this time with a doc so am much more nervous about "failing" any test that they can use to make things difficult for my VBAC if you kwim! GL with your VBAC, btw!!!

[JFTB1177]

Originally Posted by MyFullHouse

Keep in mind that they are screening/testing ONE MOMENT in time. Elevated sugar at one specific moment means your sugar is elevated at one specific moment. .

Do you think I should find out my numbers, or do they really mean anything?

[Lyss]

I failed the 1-hr with DS but passed the 3-hr. I had to take them fasting. This time, different OB, she just sent me to the lab for the 1-hr at 12w or so (I'm overweight) and said you don't have to fast for the 1hr.

Before I took the 3-hr, I ate protein at midnight. It was a horrible experience; the lab I got sent to didn't have anyone who could do the 3-hour, I went to a different lab, and they wouldn't do it, and then finally a 3rd lab. I had been fasting at that point for 10+ hours and had to fast for the 3 more. I live in L.A., so with traffic and trying to find parking at each lab, I was a mess. I nearly passed out. But I still passed.

[JFTB1177]

So I just called the doc's office and they said my number was 161, and anything over 130 is failing. I told her I had juice and pizza not long before the test and she said it could have affected it.

Is that a really bad #?