So, I failed my test with a 144 and have to go in tomorrow morning for the 3 hour.
I'm in tears. I know that they say you can't help how your body processes sugar, but I'm so afraid. Especially when they say that being diagnosed with GB means you could have issues down the road. I've had the worst relationship with my body and developed an eating disorder over 10 years ago in college. I've been the therapy and treatment, all those things, but they still say that women with history of eating disorders have a higher chance to develop GB. I feel like I'm already the worst mom in the world. It doesn't matter that I've tried to be healthy, work out regularly, the weight I've gained as been completely normal and within bounds. Last week at my appointment, my doctor said she's measuring big. I asked if that's an indicator of GB, and she said no, you can just have a big baby (my husband is 6'5 and his sister is 6'4).
I have a cold. I'm overwhelmed at work. And now this. I am so distraught, it's hard to even type this. I can't get in touch with my husband because he's a pilot and flying twice today, and he's supposed to go out of town tonight anyway. I just don't feel like I can do any of this anymore.
So, I failed my test with a 144 and have to go in tomorrow morning for the 3 hour.
I'm in tears. I know that they say you can't help how your body processes sugar, but I'm so afraid. Especially when they say that being diagnosed with GB means you could have issues down the road. I've had the worst relationship with my body and developed an eating disorder over 10 years ago in college. I've been the therapy and treatment, all those things, but they still say that women with history of eating disorders have a higher chance to develop GB. I feel like I'm already the worst mom in the world. It doesn't matter that I've tried to be healthy, work out regularly, the weight I've gained as been completely normal and within bounds. Last week at my appointment, my doctor said she's measuring big. I asked if that's an indicator of GB, and she said no, you can just have a big baby (my husband is 6'5 and his sister is 6'4).
I have a cold. I'm overwhelmed at work. And now this. I am so distraught, it's hard to even type this. I can't get in touch with my husband because he's a pilot and flying twice today, and he's supposed to go out of town tonight anyway. I just don't feel like I can do any of this anymore.
I failed my 1 hr with a higher score than you, but passed my 3 hr. The week in between tests I was a complete wreck. I can completely understand your feelings, and I was right there with you. I broke down multiple times that week to DH because I felt so guilty, like a bad mom. I even broke down at work like a complete hot mess. PLEASE know you're not alone, I am thinking of you, and I know how hard this time is. Hang in there and take care of yourself and LO. Keep us posted tomorrow.
Got the call yesterday that I failed my one hour with a 153 and the cut off was 135. Looking back I probably shouldn't have eaten lunch as close as I did to drinking the drink. Headed in Friday for the three hour and am wicked nervous because I don't do well with blood draws and don't even want to think about getting it done multiple times over a few hours on an empty stomach that's full of sugar
@missnc77 I also failed my test and have to take the 3hr tomorrow morning. I found out yesterday, and I spent most of the day in bed because I was so upset about it. I'm still freaking out about it right now.
I don't have any good advice for you, other than that you have been doing the best you can and you made it this far and that whatever happens, you will get through it again.
Solidarity? Here's to us getting through tomorrow and hopefully passing this time!
Took my 3 hour this morning and should have my results some time Thursday. Keeping my fingers crossed. I don't want to fail and have to change doctors this late in the pregnancy.
Any recommendations for iron supplements? I was in Whole Foods when my doctor called, so I just grabbed one of the iron supplements they had, but wanted to see what others are taking. And I made beef for dinner last night and had Cheerios for breakfast.
@emma+karen I take iron supplements that have vitamin c also since it aids in absorption after my results came back as very anemic following the glucose screening as well.
yayyyyyyyy!!!! passed my 3 hour perfectly!!!!! it was torterous around the 1 1/2 hr mark.. but went uphill from there!! i am bruised all over cus my veins suck... but its done!!!
I failed my 1-hour last week and the nurse that called to tell my just said my levels were "elevated." I was too bummed at the time to ask how elevated they were, so I later asked my girlfriend that works in the same office (she is my US tech) if she could find out for me. She texted me yesterday during my 3 hour test that it was a 181. I nearly pooped my pants! I'm hoping that it was just high because my appointment was at the end of the day and I had eaten pretty normal (nothing super carby, but I think I did have some fruit in the morning) before my test. Fingers crossed for the 3 hour results to be good tomorrow.
@emma+karen be sure to get plenty of heme-iron as it's more easily used by our bodies and helps us to use non-heme forms. Heme iron is found in meats, seafood, poultry; non-heme is in vitamins, plants, minerals, grains. If you need a larger supplement, Feosol is a good one and is fairly gentle on the stomach compared to others. Also, taking/eating iron along with sources of vitamin c aids in absorption.
I couldn't do my 3 hour today because of my cold. Womp, womp. My doctor recommended I wait until Monday because she said doing it while healthy yields the best results. 5 more days of anxiety.
@emma+karenI take Feosol - it's an OTC iron supplement. It bothered my stomach at first but as long as I take it in the middle of a meal (I have it with dinner) it doesn't bother me at all.
Managed to pass my 1 hour with flying colors! I thought for sure I failed. I felt like hell through the whole hour of sitting. When the woman called me in to take my blood she took forever getting a vein. I told her she would need to use a baby needle on me but she went ahead and tried the normal one several times before finally saying "I guess we need to use the smallest one." (Very annoying that I have to go through that almost every time.) After she finally got the blood out she asked how I felt. She looked a bit scared. Apparently I was whiter than a linen sheet. As soon as I stood up I thought i would pass out! They made me get on the bed for a while before they would let me leave. I have never had that happen from blood test before.
@missnc77 I'm sorry you're suffering so much stress and anxiety because of this. 144 really isn't a high result on the 1-hour at all, and the majority of women who have that score do not turn out to have GD, so the odds are on your side (I posted the numbers that I was able to find earlier in the thread, and I'm sure you can find them for yourself with a little Googling).
Even if you do have GD, please don't feel like you did anything wrong or that you somehow caused it. You wouldn't blame yourself for having blue eyes or brown hair, would you? Some things are just beyond your control. It doesn't mean you're unhealthy, it doesn't mean you're a bad mom, it just means that's where you happened to land on the broad range of human variation due to genetic factors that were determined before you were born.
And it's truly not the worst thing that could happen. There are so many things where the only choice is "accept it." But with GD, if you do get a diagnosis, then you know what you can do. It comes within your power again. There's a course to follow, treatments available, lots of support on this board and elsewhere. You can handle it, and you don't have to handle it alone. We're all here for you.
@Merciel - Thanks so much. I know there's nothing I can do, and it's not my fault. I think because of my history of an eating disorder and the thought of having to count anything on a nutrition labeled triggered some of that deep stress and anxiety of hating my body or feeling like it's inadequate. I'm just going to focus on getting over this cold before Monday. I think if I wouldn't be dealing with the cold and work stress, I may have taken the news better, but yesterday especially, I just felt like someone was piling dog shit on me. I think I see a warm bath, candles, and my iPod in my future tonight.
Also, I think "Put Your Records On" may be the happiest, least stressful song of all time if anyone ever needs a music boost.
The twelve hours of fasting and then blood draws and more fasting were hell (mostly because I couldn't drink anything at all and dry throat is one of the few triggers I still have for gagging/nausea), but oddly enough, once it was over I didn't feel as bad as I did after the 1hr test.
Also, according to the nurse, I didn't do so bad on the 1hr test. Which is weird, because I had the phone on speaker when I got the call on Monday about my results - DH was listening and said that I wasn't wrong about hearing the nurse say that I had a 146 when the cutoff was 130. But today the nurse who took my blood said I had a 139 with a cutoff of 135.
I dont know which one was right, but I told them that I'd like to have my results put up on the patient portal online so that I can see them for myself. They should be doing that anyway, but the office staff has been really slow about this stuff.
Ugh, so bummed. My 3-hour came back abnormal. Yet again, they did not tell me my numbers. I have to see a diabetic counselor at my 30 week appointment Monday. Right after I got the news, my coworker came into my office with a bag of carrot cake Hershey's kisses.
Half an hour into my three hour test and I'm already ready for it to be over. DH was here for a little bit then had to leave, so trying to keep my mind off of have blood drawn three more times by reading but it's not helping much. Fingers crossed the time goes by quickly
good luck to you ladies!! @clbness i felt the diabetic counselor tries to scare me more than my endocrinologist so just take in the info and try your best with your meals and testing. As long as your baby is growing healthy, you are doing great. It took me 3 weeks to get to this point of acceptance of my diagnosis.
So I finally had my test today. Luckily for me I asked about it because they said it wasn't on my chart. Then when they looked into it they said I should have done it during my last appointment.... Not happy about that but hoping for good results!!! Last time I had orange flavor, this time it tasted like flat Sprite and was hard to get down. Ick! lol
Just attempted the 3hr and it all came back up 20 minutes later. Fourth pregnancy and this is the first time I puked up the glucose drink. I refuse to take the test again. I failed the first hr by 3 pts and I've never had GD in any of my pregnancies. I feel so sick now, ugh
@RSaini Thanks for the encouragement! I looked at the guidelines and meal plans on the American Diabetic Association and realized I am doing EVERYTHING right! I eat whole grains, fruits and veggies and avoid processed sugars and white breads/rice. I sulked about it for a day, then I realized it's not my fault and it's one of those inevitable cases. I guess I will see what the counselor has to say today!
Done! Wow - I didn't feel too bad during the 1st or 2nd hour. Third hour I started fading, and by the time my husband brought me home, I was shaking and sweating. Inhaling protein right now! They told me I should get the results back tomorrow, but honestly, I'm just glad it's done. What happens, happens now!
You'll never believe this one. I just got a call from the doctors office and I get to redo my disgusting glucose test because they mislabeled my blood vials. Not amused!!
Done! Wow - I didn't feel too bad during the 1st or 2nd hour. Third hour I started fading, and by the time my husband brought me home, I was shaking and sweating. Inhaling protein right now! They told me I should get the results back tomorrow, but honestly, I'm just glad it's done. What happens, happens now!
Felt this same way during and after mine. DH was there thankfully otherwise idk how I would have gotten home. I remember eating so much protein after and then ended up crashing after that and taking a really long nap.
You'll never believe this one. I just got a call from the doctors office and I get to redo my disgusting glucose test because they mislabeled my blood vials. Not amused!!
Ohhhhhh no!!!! I would be one angry pregnant lady if I were you!!
You'll never believe this one. I just got a call from the doctors office and I get to redo my disgusting glucose test because they mislabeled my blood vials. Not amused!!
Ohhhhhh no!!!! I would be one angry pregnant lady if I were you!!
I'm definitely not happy! First they completely forgot I needed to do the test, I had to ask them. Now I get the joy of doing it twice. So not happy!
In fact, I said I got sweaty, shaky, and blurry vision as soon as I got home... They said my blood sugar went from 102 after the 3rd draw to 31 on the 4th draw. She actually told me I need to keep sugar candies on me to watch out for crashes.
Re: Glucose results discussion
I'm in tears. I know that they say you can't help how your body processes sugar, but I'm so afraid. Especially when they say that being diagnosed with GB means you could have issues down the road. I've had the worst relationship with my body and developed an eating disorder over 10 years ago in college. I've been the therapy and treatment, all those things, but they still say that women with history of eating disorders have a higher chance to develop GB. I feel like I'm already the worst mom in the world. It doesn't matter that I've tried to be healthy, work out regularly, the weight I've gained as been completely normal and within bounds. Last week at my appointment, my doctor said she's measuring big. I asked if that's an indicator of GB, and she said no, you can just have a big baby (my husband is 6'5 and his sister is 6'4).
I have a cold. I'm overwhelmed at work. And now this. I am so distraught, it's hard to even type this. I can't get in touch with my husband because he's a pilot and flying twice today, and he's supposed to go out of town tonight anyway. I just don't feel like I can do any of this anymore.
I don't have any good advice for you, other than that you have been doing the best you can and you made it this far and that whatever happens, you will get through it again.
Solidarity? Here's to us getting through tomorrow and hopefully passing this time!
I passed with a 126! Yay! But I'm anemic! Boo!
Any recommendations for iron supplements? I was in Whole Foods when my doctor called, so I just grabbed one of the iron supplements they had, but wanted to see what others are taking. And I made beef for dinner last night and had Cheerios for breakfast.
@missnc77
I failed my 1-hour last week and the nurse that called to tell my just said my levels were "elevated." I was too bummed at the time to ask how elevated they were, so I later asked my girlfriend that works in the same office (she is my US tech) if she could find out for me. She texted me yesterday during my 3 hour test that it was a 181. I nearly pooped my pants! I'm hoping that it was just high because my appointment was at the end of the day and I had eaten pretty normal (nothing super carby, but I think I did have some fruit in the morning) before my test. Fingers crossed for the 3 hour results to be good tomorrow.
Even if you do have GD, please don't feel like you did anything wrong or that you somehow caused it. You wouldn't blame yourself for having blue eyes or brown hair, would you? Some things are just beyond your control. It doesn't mean you're unhealthy, it doesn't mean you're a bad mom, it just means that's where you happened to land on the broad range of human variation due to genetic factors that were determined before you were born.
And it's truly not the worst thing that could happen. There are so many things where the only choice is "accept it." But with GD, if you do get a diagnosis, then you know what you can do. It comes within your power again. There's a course to follow, treatments available, lots of support on this board and elsewhere. You can handle it, and you don't have to handle it alone. We're all here for you.
Also, I think "Put Your Records On" may be the happiest, least stressful song of all time if anyone ever needs a music boost.
Also, according to the nurse, I didn't do so bad on the 1hr test. Which is weird, because I had the phone on speaker when I got the call on Monday about my results - DH was listening and said that I wasn't wrong about hearing the nurse say that I had a 146 when the cutoff was 130. But today the nurse who took my blood said I had a 139 with a cutoff of 135.
I dont know which one was right, but I told them that I'd like to have my results put up on the patient portal online so that I can see them for myself. They should be doing that anyway, but the office staff has been really slow about this stuff.
In fact, I said I got sweaty, shaky, and blurry vision as soon as I got home... They said my blood sugar went from 102 after the 3rd draw to 31 on the 4th draw. She actually told me I need to keep sugar candies on me to watch out for crashes.