Glucose Tolerance Test Question

JoelsGirl07 · June 2009

I don't go in until 11:50 tomorrow, and I won't be getting the drink ahead of time. What do y'all think is safe to eat for breakfast so I don't throw off the test? I know I'm supposed to go low-carb, but do I have to be completely no carb? What did you eat for breakfast and still pass?

myrall · June 2009

I had a bowl of Crispix and a cup of coffee. My test was after lunch and I just ate a chicken caesar salad and a cup of soup.

My docs just said no donuts and I'd be fine. They wanted a 'real-life' representation of my levels.

(Oh, and I asked my friend about the CD workshop and she no longer does them. Boo! Sorry!)

care99 · June 2009

With DS #1, I had yogurt and this time I had cottage cheese.

ally-cat · June 2009

I would eat as you normally do just don't OVER do it. I ate a piece of toast with butter and jelly and one egg.

amanda_holbird@hotmail.com · June 2009

I had to fast for the test during my first pregnancy, but with my second pregnancy (and different doctors, too), I ate eggs and toast with just a small amount of jelly.

DzsGirl · June 2009

I couldn't eat anything beforehand with either of my pregnancies...

kekonakelama · June 2009

i had to fast for my test. even with fasting my glucose levels were high and i had to go back for the three hour test later that week (had to fast for that one as well - all was well).

Alison422 · June 2009

I think I had a bowl of honey nut cherrios and milk before my 1 hour test.

dbryson · June 2009

My Dr said to stay away from cereal. I had a hard boiled egg.

slwprincess · June 2009

I had to fast before mine- but it was also 1st thing in the morning. Anyway, I don't think you should do anything differently than you normally do. It wouldn't be wise to "trick" the test... not for something so important. The point is to determine how your body TRULY reacts to what you eat everyday. This is coming from someone who failed the first test, passed the second, and was still diagnosed w/ GD later on due to high glucose readings. If you have it, you need to know so that you can manage it. It's really not that big of a deal though.

JoelsGirl07 · June 2009

Oddly enough, I've been begging every doc I've seen for the last 5 years to do a GTT on me b/c I get extremely sleepy after eating. When I worked on an ambulance I tested myself and found that my sugar actually dropped after eating, so I'm kinda curious as to what we might find. Hopefully nothing, b/c I don't really feel like adding something else to my list of fun this pregnancy - we shall see!

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