Glucose testing.

shefidgets · May 2014

That was horrible. 3 hour glucose testing. Totally traumatizing. Anyone else had the joy of this experience?

SpaceGirlSpiff · May 2014

Isn't it kind of early for this? I wonder why they had you do this testing now, especially the 3 hour one?

Lanatir · May 2014

I didn't have to do the 3 hour one last time, just the 1 hour one. I will commiserate with you, though.

I can't understand the logic. There is no standard set for it (some OBs make you fast before the test, others don't). Some make you do just a one hour and then do a 3 hour if you fail. One friend apparently had to do a 2 hour one and if you failed, that was it, no 3 hour one.

But, really, like any pregnant woman is going to only drink a flat soda like beverage and not have anything else to go with it for at least an hour... (Or for those who convince their OBs to let them do it instead, no pregnant woman is going to only eat 50 jelly beans and nothing else for a 1-3 hour period of time.)

TXUltraRunner · May 2014

Seems a bit early for that test.

gig0512 · May 2014

I did the 1 hour already and failed. They didn't even have me do the 3 hour bc I failed so bad...apt with specialist next week. I had GD with previous pregnancy so they had me test when checking my betas.

vjdk07 · May 2014

I had to do the 3 hour one with DS. It's awful.

tarynlphillips · May 2014

I have Kaiser and we have this mandatory Group Prenatal class after our 1st appointment (which was SUPER ridiculous in my opinion as they didn't inform us of anything that isn't common knowledge). They had us answer a questionaire (two of the questions consisted of whether we had diabetes and whether a parent/sibling/grandparent had diabetes). One of the girls in our class had to do the 1 hour test that morning due to her answers to either of those questions.

They said that if you have a family history, they like to test early and then monitor throughout pregnancy to make sure everything is okay...rather than wait until week 24-28 for the standard test.

The 3 hour test seems a little strange right off the bat?? Unless maybe a urine test or blood test came back abnormally high??

aerotigergirl · May 2014

I had to do the 1-hour test early (I was 7w5d) this time around, but I didn't have to with my DS.

I think, in my case, due to a family history of diabetes (not GD, but regular Type II Diabetes) they did an A1C test when I went in for my initial appointment at roughly 5 weeks. The results of that test were right on the border between normal and pre-GD, so they did an early 1-hour test at my last appointment. I passed, so the next step for me is to repeat the 1-hour test between 24-28 weeks.

I'm curious about why your OB/Midwife would go straight to the 3-hour test.

shefidgets · May 2014

I apologize, no back story. When I had my confirmation appt they did like 7 vials of blood. One was the 1 hour sugar test. I'm assuming because I'm over weight, had a round of Clomid, a and an ectopic in January. So it hasn't been the easiest road.

GromMom · May 2014

Just some advice for the future, they tell you not to fast for the one hour and if you fail, you have to fast for the 3 hour. I've been told of you're borderline, eating before the test is enough to throw you into the 3 hour test. I did not fast for the 1 hour and lo and behold I failed by a point and had to fast for the 3 hour and passed fine. Of course someone told me that after I already failed the first test! This time I'll just fast before the first test and hopefully save myself 3 hours. Last time I brought my laptop and did work do it wasn't horrible but if given the choice I'd rather not have to drink that awful 3 hour stuff and waste 3 hours.