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What did you eat before your 1 hr glucose test?
AngelMell05
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So tomorrow I have my1 hour glucose test and I am trying so hard not to fail. I have heard all different things though. My one friend says fast 7 hours before. My other friend says eat a healthy breakfast (my appt is at 11:30). My doctor said eat, but just not a lot of sugar. Whats best? I am totally willing to starve myself until after if it means passing. Thanks for the advice 
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Re: What did you eat before your 1 hr glucose test?
You need to do what your dr said-eat before the test! Some dr's say to fast..so those people fast!
Eating or not eating has nothing to do with GD...you either have it or you don't! no way to "trick" the test! GL!
What's the question? Listen to your doctor.
That said, my doctor's office told me no food or water past midnight. This was strange since I wasn't given the same instructions last time with the same doctor. I had some water and a small handful of cereal to keep from falling down but luckily my appt was at 9am. I walked through the door with an iced latte ready to go the minute I had my blood draw.
You either have it...or you don't. It's not a quiz...there is no way you can prevent yourself from failing. MY GD test instructions said don't eat anything with a high sugar content before drinking the juice, and don't eat or drink anything after drinking the juice.
I just had my glucose test on Tuesday. I had a bowl of Cheerios with a banana and was still starving by the time I got to work at 8:30 so I ate a small applesauce (no sugar added)). I wanted to make sure I would pass and I was paranoid about having too much sugar. I had to start drinking at 10 and had labs at 11 and I passed. I wasn't told the number result of my test but she said it was low and I passed no problem.
GL!
I had no idea they were doing my GD test at that appt, so when I went in, I'd had a bagel and cream cheese. My perinatologist said it is fine that I wasn't fasting and that you should eat what you normally eat.
You can't trick the test. I passed w/ a carb-filled breakfast. You either have GD or you don't and there's no way of testing negative if you have it.
GL!
Are you effing kidding me? You would rather try and "trick" the test to pass, when your LO could be in serious danger due to GD that goes undiagnosed? And all you would need to do is change your diet? What is wrong with you?
Do what your Dr told you - some tell you to eat some don't. They all measure the numbers differently, based on WHAT THEY TOLD YOU TO DO.
My 1 hour they told me not to do anything different.
I had a bojangles steak biscuit and a water. And I failed
My 3 hour they told me to fast after midnight.
I didn't eat anything.. and my results just came back and I passed!!!!
This was me before the test:
Milk has a lot of sugar in it. Just sayin'.
I was told to eat something low in carbs and sugar. As to not throw the test off. High in protein is good.
Eggs would of been good but I don't like them, So I had 2 pieces of bacon and some cottage cheese.
(m/c 1.17.07, m/c 5.15.07)
DS - 03.15.08
DD2 - 12.03.09
DD3 - 3.28.11
OF COURSE. 0-6 is the most boring place known to man, so I will definitely be lurking around giving PIPs to deserving customers on 3rd tri.
Like PPs have said, just follow your docs instructions.
But, if you are ok to eat and don't have to fast, just eat close to what you normally would eat any given day. You need to do that to be fair. Yes- if you have it, you can not trick it.
I have a coworker who 'cheated' only because she gave part of her drink to her DS!!!! I was appalled she would do that- she is a nurse, too. At my lab- they watch you drink the whole thing, and then you get strict instructions not to walk around, etc.
Our 1 hrs are non fasting, and the 3 hours is fasting. But each doc office and lab has different protocol- just follow thier guidelines.
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Jenn and Sazzie...
Very nice.
It was good too dammit. I'd be the one eating everything in sight as the last supper in case I was GD, not trying to trick the test.
An analogy for you: trying to trick the GD test is like trying to trick a pregnancy test... Good luck with that!!
Me too... and I passed.
My dr. told me to fast, but if I had to eat something to try to skip the sugars and carbs. I ended up having a slice of cheddar cheese.
this. you can't trick the test. follow the instructions as you were told by your doctor.
Haha!
I ate a bacon egg and cheese biscuit from mcdonalds. I took half the biscuit off since biscits have sugar in them. i was really paranoid.
I wasn't allowed to eat 3 hours before, and since my appt was at 8:40 in the morning, I didn't eat after the night before.
I know people say you can't change the results of the test but I beg to differ. Apperently different doctors give different instructions, so some people eat up until the time of the test while others don't eat for 2 hrs before, etc therefore a lot of people get skewed results.
I ate a bowl of granola cereal and 2 eggo waffles an hour before the test and I failed. Meanwhile with the 3 hr test (the fasting one) I passed with flying colours. I would eat a balanced breakfast with some carbs and protein. Def don't overdo the sugar or carbs. I'm no expert but I swear my sugery breakfast did me in with the 1 hr test.
Haha, ditto! Seriously, I was throwing back the M&M's like there was no tomorrow. Of course that probably explains why I failed the test by like one point (and later passed the 3 hour). But those were darn good M&Ms!