Question by Erica: Your personal stories about gestational diabetes testing?
I had to do the one hour which I failed, and then I went back for the three hour. I’m still waiting on my results. eek.

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In order to diagnose you with gestational diabetes, your doctor will order a test from the lab. There are two levels of the test that can be taken – the one hour glucose tolerance test and the three hour glucose tolerance test.

The one hour test involves taking a blood sample after you have fasted and then drinking a beverage high in glucose and testing your blood again one hour later. With the three hour version, you proceed the same except the drink has a higher concentration of sugar and your blood is tested each hour for three hours instead of one. The purpose of these tests is to see how your body reacts to and process the large amount of sugar in the drinks.

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I went today and they did the test.
I am so nervous I’m scared to death that I have it and my baby is in danger. It runs in my family.

So my question is: If i fail the test, when will I have to go back for the 2 hour test? Right away or at my next appointment?
Also If I am… could it have been hurting my baby this whole time? I don’t really understand it all this is my first.

or too soon? I am 31 weeks. the results were normal. I am just wondering also if I had say type 1 diabetes or even type 2 (though i’m very slim so i doubt that) would that have shwoed up on the test? does gestational diabetes screen for all types of diabetes?

last time i went to my midwife she told me that i would not be tested for diabetes untill i was in week 26.. im 21 weeks now… if i was to have gestational diabetes isn’t finding out at 26 weeks a little bit too late… diabetes runs in my family.. my mum and my nan have it..i thought it was tested much earlier then this like at around 20 weeks??

I know that the glucose tolerance test for gestational diabetes is very uncomfortable for those of you who are preganant. Having type 1 diabetes I was wondering, would it be reasonable (possible) to simply do a finger prick with a blood glucose meter instead?

This would be faster, cheaper and far more comfortable. Obviously, it is highly accurate for those of us who depend on accurate readings for a sliding scale for insulin dosage.
With all due respect, I absolutely agree with you that testing for gestational diabetes is very important. However, I do not believe that the 1 and 3 hour test is any more accurate than the meter (although I am open to learning otherwise). It just seems like killing a butterfly with a hammer e.g. overkill–a very difficult test for the expecting mother when an equally accurate reading is available that is much less invasive and difficult.
Thanks Silly Nilly–that is exactly what I thought too. The meter tests for exactly the same thing as the 1 and 3 hour test (gestational diabetes may be different than type 1 or type 2–but the test is looking for the identical thing) and wait on the 3 hour test to see if a meter indicates elevated glucose levels (although even then I question–perhaps wrongly–whether the1 hour and 3 hour test is ever necessary–it’s not necessary anymore to diagnose type 1 or type 2 diabetes)

It’s the one hour test and I’m just wondering what I should expect. Do I have to fast? If so how long before the test should I fast? Can I drink water?
Also, exactly how does the test work? I drink some sugary drink and then an hour later they take my blood?
I thought my doctor should have given me instructions too…but she didnt:/ Thanks for the answers so far ladies!

I need to know the most accurate blood glucose meter…I have true track and according to my doctor…?
Okay, I went for my gestational diabetes test last week and brought along my own meter. True track. :/
well, an hour after drinking 50 grams of sugar according to my METER it said i was at 158…yikes..its supposed to be 140 or less. Okay…I accepted the fact that I might have gestational diabetes.

Then the doctor calls me about an unrelated issue I’ve had in my pregnancy and I ask her what my results were…(assuming that she was going to have me come in for my 3 hour test…She said i was LOW normal..at a 97!
97? Really?
Either my meter is WAY WAY off or there was a mistake…(the guy who did the blood draw was BRAND NEW, said it was his first day…) so it really in my un professional opinion could go either way. Either he messed up or my meter is TRASH.
I wanted to know if there are any RELIABLE sites that might have information on which meter is most accurate (.org .gov .edu) anything. Personal experience is also helpful. I HAD a contour a while ago, but it got lost in the move to our new place…From what I experienced with that meter it was pretty right on with what I was feeling, so I had no problem trusting it.

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