Failed the 1hr!!!

Just got the word that I failed the 1hr glucose.  I knew it!!!  my numbers were 145.  I also had low iron and have to take the Feosol.  Now the 3hr!!  Has anyone else recently had the 3hr?   I can't remember what you have to do for that.  I am sooooo bummed.  I just ate a huge bagel this morning...:(

[rukiyar]

Ohh yeah , I did I failed the 1 hour my numbers where 139 or 149 cant remember , they put you on a three day high carb diet lots of bread which must contain a lot of sugar then you have to fast from 8pm till test is over , at the test first they take blood ,then you drink twice as much nasty stuff as the first time then every hour from then on they take your blood so that's a total of four pokes, mine came back fine for the 3 hour but the expierence was a big pain in the coolie. I wish you the best

[jifnif]

well i had the test a few weeks ago cuz i had GD w/ my son.  that test was 127.  so they scheduled it again.  now the 145.  i don't have to do the high carb diet and i did schedule the test for tomorrow at 6;30am.  To be honest, and i know i did this last time around, i am scared that something will go wrong w/ the baby.  i hate reading up on it and hearing the possibility of still birth.  i have myself freaked out!!!!!  

[jennyb473]

I never had to do a high carb diet but had 2 of the 3 hour tests.  I have PCOS so they did a 3 hour test at 13 weeks after I stopped my metformin.  I passed that and then had the regular 3 hour test at 26 weeks because my doctor didn't think I would pass the 1 hour - I wouldn't have (200 at 1 hour!!).l  I did pass the 3 hour but barely and it has since gotten worse with diet alone so they started me on glyburide a few weeks ago.  I'm being induced Thursday into Friday at 39w2d because of it.  

The test itself is not too bad at this stage - it was worse in the 1st trimester for sure.  It was fasting...I got stuck once then had to drink that orange stuff and then got stuck every hour for 3 hours after that.  Not fun, but again, not horrible at this stage because you don't feel so bad as you do earlier on.  

If you are only 145 after 1 hour, you will probably be fine for the 3 hour  - Good luck!

[Tanker Chic]

I failed the 1 hr. I don't remember what my number was but it was pretty high.  I had to fast for the 3 hours test (nothing after 10 pm or somthing like that) and passed it by the skin of my teeth.  

good luck!!

[jifnif]

I just had it and I am dragging butt!!  The girl stuck my arm 4x and it is now a huge bruise.  Not very nice.  I am so bad at knowing what to eat.  I don't eat bad as it is so this is really hard for me to understand.  

good luck jennyb...the only good thing for me will be getting induced if I have GD.  

Guess I will get my results by tomorrow.  :(  Very nervous.  

[ChrisHealy]

When is the first test usually done?  I'm 20 wks 3 days.  Is it coming up soon?

[mrs5077]

They usually test you btwn 24 and 28wks....I failed my 1hr and b/c my numbers were so high (209) I wasn't even given the option to take the 3hr test.....I was put on deit for a week and monitored blood 4 times a day and it was still high.....now I am on glyburide and diet.....it is working, but I still have some high times in the day.....I hope I can continue with the pill and not have to do insulin.....I am currently 28.2wks.....Good luck with everything.....I would not wish this for anyone it is really hard

[jifnif]

It is hard.  Now that I have had the 3hr (which I know it is huge that I will fail) I have been trying to eat ok.  I am starving!!!  It is so hard to eat the way they want you to but of course you HAVE to for the baby's sake.  Well, we will see tomorrow.  I hate the blood pricking stuff.  My heart goes out to life time diabetics.  :)

[Brown Eyed Gurl]

bummer I guess I passed it cause they never called me but I've never been taken on the metformin so that could have helped me out

[melimeli]

you don´t have to starve... really you should eat 3 meals and 3 snacks... just need to cut down on the carbs.. if I remember like 15 at every meal or something like that.. don´t starve.. the main thing is that they want your numbers to stay even... no big highs or lows so you should be eating smaller portions more often... I had it twice but thankfully not with this one.. it is not a big deal just a hasle that you can´t eat the ice cream that you want.. good luck

[jifnif]

well, the tests came back and i do have it again!!  

melimeli...i do starve.. i have these cravings where i can actually eat like a box of cereal or 6 pieces of pizza.  I mean I don't do it but I am still hungry after eating small portions.  Something gets triggered and I find myself wanting things that I would never normally eat.  Thank goodness it is only for 2mths.  

It is for the best, now at least I will have to use more control on what and how much I am eating and hopefully I won't surpass my weight gain that I had w/ my son.  :(