Glucose Test!

smoochie041719

@HGRich my OB office's cut off is also 140 as @HappyAnjel mentioned, so I would bet you passed, but it will be nice to hear it officially from the doctor so you can close the loop and not have to think about it! I have heard of OBs that have a cut off of 135, but not lower than that (at least from my limited knowledge).

chelle087

@belocin I failed the one hour for my last pregnancy and I want to say that they called me within a day (maybe two) with the results and the information to schedule the three hour test.  (My office lets your drink the drink before your appointment for the 1 hour, so they just give it to you in advance and draw your blood at the appointment, but the three hour has to be done in a lab at the hospital)  

I took my one hour on Monday and didn't hear anything yesterday, so I am hoping for no phone call today either, which I am assuming would mean that I passed.  

HappyAnjel

Going for another glucose test.. another 3 hours in the blood lab.  

peachy0709

Failed miserably yesterday, doing my 3 hour tomorrow. Unfortunately, based on what I've read, suddenly everything makes sense about symptoms of GD, so I'm not particularly optimistic. 

mylittleirvz

@belocin, I had my one hour on a Monday, 3 hour on that Friday. They just said they wanted me back within a week.

@HGRich, Mine said anything under 145 was passing so I would assume you were fine based on that and the range @happyanjel had. You fall under both!

momtoleo

I failed the 1 hour on Tuesday and am back in the lab now for what I thought was a 3 hour test. Turns out I only have to do the initial blood draw and then two more? Lab technicians thought it was weird that they ordered this test so hoping it's not a mixup. DO NOT want to have to go through this again!

peachy0709

@momtoleo - Hmm, that sounds like the two hour test rather than the tree. Although you can only have 3 draws if you pass all three with the three hour. 

momtoleo

@kcasset Yeah, I'm thinking the OB nurse put in the wrong order. Really hope 1) I pass and 2) it is okay that I did the 2 hour instead of 3 because I don't think my veins can take any more poking! Apparently there is a different drink for each one. 

M&Max

There is a different drink for each test - it has the correct amount of glucose so they can measure the appropriate reaction.  

For those of you failing the 3 hr - just remember it's truly not the end of the world.  I remember crying when I failed with DS but quickly realized I could eat relatively what I wanted just a bit healthier and that it was only for 10 or so weeks.  I still eat yummy things - like crab legs and rolls from Red lobster - um legit, best numbers ever from that meal - who knew, I was convinced the rolls would throw me way off! And you can still have treats - just in moderation.  All in all, if you can control it well with diet, then baby should be just fine.  IMHO, it was one of the better things to be diagnosed with since I was able to control it.  

pammasu0909

@momtoleo normally they do the 2 hour test in place of the 1 and 3 hour tests.  Either way, it's diagnostic.

peachy0709

@M&Max - mmmmm crab legs. 

belocin

@chelle087 @mylittleirvz Thank you for sharing your experiences! I heard back from the doctors office today and told them I had gone ahead and scheduled an appointment for a week and a half from now to snag a good time. The nurse said that would be fine. I took the one hour at 27+4 and will be doing the three hour at 30+4. It seems like a long time in between but with how it's currently scheduled, I'll only need to get a sub for a half day. Also gives me two weeks to cut out the sweets 

KirstinH88

Full off glucose as we speak! Keep your fingers crossed for me!

KirstinH88

I didn't like the glucose very much, but Samuel loves it! He has been so active during this hour of waiting.

LaceyRae25

Passed my one hour on Tuesday, yay!! I almost failed my first pregnancy so at least I have one less thing to worry about now. 

momtoleo

@KirstinH88 Hahaha, Piglet was the same way. He is NOT a morning person (god help me, he's like his father and stays up until all hours of the night) but boy was he moving yesterday at 8 am! 

KirstinH88

I passed the glucose test.

For those of you who were determined anemic? How bad was the test scores for that? I got my test results through my patient portal and probably won't hear from the dr until my appt this week, but the hgb had a low range of 11.5 and my hgb came in at 11.1. Would that be enough to say I'm anemic? 

elgie

What's with the different cut off numbers? My cut-off for the 3 hour was 120 and I failed 2 of the 4 draws...however if it had been 135 or 140 I would have passed. 

MrsBakes

I had my 1 hr glucose test two weeks ago and have passed. The drink this time wasn't as bad as with DD. With DD it was s smaller cup but it was this awful thick texture that went down like cement. it gave me a headache and I felt sick for the rest of the day. This time it was a little bottle of cold water mixed with it. It didnt taste horrible and I was able to drink it at once. It still made me feel funny but I didnt feel sick. After the blood draw I drank some water and felt totally fine. 

@mamadeez

I used to be a for sure fainter when getting my blood drawn until I was almost 30 years old. Then it got a bit better and I wouldn't faint but I would still need to do it while laying down and would need a few minutes before getting up. Then I got pregnant with DD 6 years ago and had no issues what so ever. I would go to some appointments myself when DH couldn't come with and one of them was an extensive blood check and they took 3 vials. I was sitting down when they did it, got right up and drove home. I haven't had any issues since then. 
Sometimes you just "outgrow it" so to speak. 
Oh actually I did faint the first time they took my blood with this pregnancy. But I was barely eating or drinking anything from constant nausea, I hadn't slept AND the tech didn't know what she was doing so she poked me like 3 times (in both arms) until she finally got it going. She also continued to talk about it throughout the process which didn't help LOL
but since then again, I've been a-ok. 

You got this!

MrsBakes

Oh yeah, my office also requires you to drink it within 5 minutes. It does have something to do with whatever she said, I wasn't listening, I just did it lol

peachy0709

@KirstinH88 - At my office, you wouldn't be anemic.  They wanted anything at or above 11, and I was like 10.2 or something. I did add in the iron just because they say it can make you really tired to be low on iron and I have felt more energetic. 

momtoleo

Update: got the results of my 2 hour glucose test today and I passed with flying colors. BUT, they DID make a mistake and are requiring me to come back for the 3 hour test. I'm so annoyed. My arms are still bruised from the 2 hour test and I'm wondering how really necessary this is vs. them just covering their butts. 

smoochie041719

Glad to hear you passed @momtoleo hopefully that bodes well for the 3hr even though it sounds like a major pain to have to go back and take that one too!

jrberg

Hi all, I had similar reactions when i had to take the glucose load test. Fortunately there is now a natural and organic option called The Fresh Test! It's delicious!