My doctor is making me take one on Tuesday. I will be 14 weeks on Wednesday. Is it to early to take the test? I thought this was normally done around 24 weeks. She said that she wants me to take it because of my weight.
STM's have any of you gone through this? If so what was it like and if you tested positive how was your day to day life throughout the rest of your pregnancy?
Married: August 2012
TTC #1: July 2015
BFP 1: October 30, 2015; EDD: July 6, 2016- Team Pink
TTC #2: September 2019
Re: Glucose Test
From friends I have been told that GD can be very individualized and it could be dietary changes up to being insulin dependent.
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It wasn't horrible, I just had to keep a food diary to keep track of calories.
So there's this boy. He kinda stole my heart. He calls me "Mom"
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Good luck ladies!!!
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GD can be hard if you have it, but on the plus side I only gained 20 pounds with my first pregnancy.
In my old OB, her office was not walking distance from the hospital, nor was there an online system them. So the labs were picked up at closing time, and processed that night. The results were then releases to her the next day, and she would review them in between patients and what not. Sometimes, I would hear about it the next day, or maybe the day after. Other times, depending on the lab, I would not hear about it till my next appointment.
If it has been a few days, give them a call. Also, no news tends to be good news in the medicine world. If it was 'bad', they tend to jump on that right away and call for either a treatment plan or more appts.
I had to fast for the 3hrs, but not the 1hr. This time around, I ate a high protein breakfast before heading out for the test.
And they test me early because a) I'm obese and b) my mom was diabetic.
Married: Halloween 2010
DS: February 2014
Interestingly enough (and totally anecdotal of course), almost all of my mom friends who have been diagnosed with GD have been of normal weight and no where close to the overweight or obese category.