Question about 3 hour glucose tolerance test?

Question

I took the 1 hour test about a month ago and my midwife said I failed with a 130. She said they like it to be below 130. I went in today to do the 3 hour glucose tolerance test. I was fasting both times (not even water).

I read on the babycenter.com website that most practioners want the levels below 140, but that some use 130 to try to catch more women with gestational diabetes. However, with 130 as a limit there are more false positives if 130 is used as the limit.

Should I even be concerned that I have a level of 130? Has anyone else's doctor used that as the level? If so, did you pass or fail the 3 hour test?

Answer 1

I actually just had this done i failed the first one hour one and i did the 3 hour test and i passed that one!

I totally feel for you every poek after the first one stung sooo bad! Im sure that since you were borderline the first time that this one will come back ok!

Good Luck

Answer 2

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Answer 3

My 1st test came back 170 my second test was 108 so they said I did not have it. After I had my baby I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic. So the thing to be worried about is why is your body not using insulin proper. I asked my doc. if anyone drank that much sugar then their levels would be high too right? NOPE, not so at all a normal person preg. or not should be able to eat what ever the hell they want and their body should brake it down so if you levels are even on the higher side of normal that is a cause for concern because if it's 130 with just 1 soda chances are it would be much higher if you eat alot more sugar through out the day. What they did with me was they considered me border line. Give me nutritional info told me how to cut down my sugar so my body had enough time to brake down what I was eating. Most of the time other than watching what you eat you won't have a strict diet. But it is worth keeping an eye on.

Answer 4

A lot of women are protesting that gestational diabetes is a noncondition. Personally, I was tortured by care given under that title, gestational diabetes - I was told I'd deliver a second dead baby, told I'd have diabetes after the birth, etc. None of it was true. Because I wanted the best for my daughters, I gave myself sometimes six injections a day, and while my daughters were large, they've remained in the same height and weight brackets since birth. My "gestational diabetes" appears to have had little to no effect on their weight or height.

I found I had better luck metabolizing their drink after I'd eaten a conservative breakfast: two eggs and a slice of toast. My argument that I rarely *ever* eat 300 mg of sugar in a single meal went unanswered. Think about that part - that's like what, four candy bars or so? I think I once ate two, but I've never eaten four.

This is a condition where you need an advocate, really. You'll be told you have GD if you flunk any one portion of the test, no matter by how little. I was off by a single point in the middle of my test for my first pregnancy (blew it entirely with the twins). I think my threshold was also 130 but it's been just ages, and the GD diet's threshhold is 120 - even stricter, and they prefer 90!

Answer 5

Most people I know passed the 3 hours test after failing the 1 hour test, don't worry.

Answer 6

The OB i worked for used 130 as a flag that you could be at risk. It does not mean you are diabetic. Wait until you get your 3 hr GTT and just go from there.

Answer 7

i failed my 1 hour test i'm not sure what level they went by but i passed my 3 hour

Answer 8

the standard is 140. If above 140 then diabetes is suspected and more testing done.

Answer 9

I had the three hour test, they did not tell me the info you got, they did not tell me anything about numbers, just that I had to regulate my blood sugar with food and that I was pre-diabetic. Help with any info would be appreciated.