PCOS and early GTT?

legaleagles · December 2010

I just had my first u/s and I'm 7w2d and the RE wants me to go in this week for a 1 hour GTT - I thought this wasn't done until much later in PG. She actually didn't mention it to me, but it was on my d/c paperwork. She also wants me to do one after 12 weeks when i'll stop the metformin.

I'm not IR - I had a 2 hour GTT during my IF testing and my results were super normal.

Anyone else do one really early? I don't know how I'm going to get that orange liquid down while I'm nauseous.

brody8336 · December 2010

My OB ordered one at 9 weeks for me, although I didn't get around to it until 11 weeks. They said it was because of my weight. I also had great blood sugar testing prior to ivf. Not sure how PCOS plays into it. Hang in there and congrats on your u/s today!

cara-n-steve · December 2010

I had an early one but it wasn't until yesterday. I'm have to do another one between 28 - 30 weeks. I don't think I would have been able to stomach it at 7w2d.

mdluv21 · December 2010

I wasn't IR either before being pregnant even though I have PCOS and I am not overweight but they made me do one and well you know how that turned out. Tongue Tied

I couldn't keep down the orange one but they gave me a lemon lime I was able to keep down for long enough to do the test.

It is not fun but I am glad they caught mine so early. I started doing the finger pricking at home last night.

legaleagles · December 2010

mdluv21:
I wasn't IR either before being pregnant even though I have PCOS and I am not overweight but they made me do one and well you know how that turned out.
I couldn't keep down the orange one but they gave me a lemon lime I was able to keep down for long enough to do the test.
It is not fun but I am glad they caught mine so early. I started doing the finger pricking at home last night.

It is better to know sooner rather than later. And I am overweight and PCOS so I guess its a good precaution to be monitored, but man I don't know how I'm going to stomach that stuff. When I did the 2 hour in July it was the orange stuff, I'm going to see if they have lemon/lime - the orange was nasty.

Hopefully I'll have the results by the end of the day tomorrow.

How is the finger pricking going?

huddlstn · December 2010

I have non-IR PCOS, was never on Met, and I got tested at the same time as everyone else (26 weeks). I failed the one hour GTT, but passed the three.

kbeach82 · December 2010

Due to my extensive family history of diabetes, my OB ordered the 1 hour for me when I had my first appointment with her (I was 10 weeks at the time). Fortunately, I was able to keep the orange drink down, but I felt completely awful for the rest of the day. Good luck! Lemon-lime things sounded much more appealing to me than orange things early on, so hopefully that will help.

RileyGrace · December 2010

I stayed on Met until 12 weeks so they didn't test me during that stage. I made my OB do an early one at 16 weeks because of my levels when they did my IF testing. I passed the first time, I did another at 28 weeks when everyone else does it and failed that time.

Personally, I think 7 weeks is a bit early but I do think it's very smart to do early testing with pcos. The sooner you know the better so you can avoid complications. But ask them about it if you're unsure.

ohiostategal · December 2010

Little late to respond but I have PCOS and IR and am slightly overweight so they had me do the 1 hour at 18 weeks and my results came back borderline so I did the 3 hour at 20 weeks and passed. I wanted to know early on if I had it to get things under control. I could still develop it so I will probably be taking the 1 hour again around the time everyone else does.

damabo80 · December 2010

hmmmm my doc didn't mention anything about it. My next appt is the nt scan. At my appt last week, my OBGYN said to "stay on the met for now".

legaleagles · December 2010

Thanks everyone...turns out it was a mistake. She wants me to do it at 14-15 weeks after at least one week off the met - I'll go off around 12 weeks. Yay for not having to brave the drink with m/s.

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