and passed the 3 hour one?
I scored a 174 on my first one.
Would a sugar free mint affect the outcome of the first test? I took a mint right before my appt, its a habbit I didn't mean to.
I'm 29 weeks
2007-09-12 04:05:53 · 4 answers · asked by jensim108 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
No a sugar free mint would not have affected the test..
Lots of people fail the first one - but pass the 2nd one..
Just remember to fast for 8 hours - go very early in the morning for your 3 hours test and you cannot have anything during it - not even sips of water (although they will say you can) water dilutes your stomach and slows your absorption of the solution - which leads to high sugar counts
Take a book and try and relax
Good luck
2007-09-12 04:11:48 · answer #1 · answered by Finchy 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A sugar-free mint will not affect your blood glucose level. My good friend had a high first blood glucose test, but a perfectly normal 3 hour test. Her doctor said that the chocolate chip cookies she made and ate the night before her fasting glucose test were most likely the cause of the initial blood glucose test being very high. I had Gestational Diabetes with my 4th pregnancy. Gestational Diabetes is not caused by what you eat. During pregnancy, the placenta connects the mother and baby and makes sure the baby has enough food and water. It also makes several hormones. Some of these hormones make it hard for insulin to do its job-controlling blood sugar-so the mother's body has to make more insulin to work well. Gestational diabetes develops when the organ that makes insulin, the pancreas, cannot make enough insulin to keep blood sugar levels within a safe range. If you by chance do develop Gestational Diabetes, it is possible to control by following a meal plan designed by a Diabetic Counselor. After the baby is born, the diabetes generally goes away. However, having Gestational Diabetes does put you in a higher risk catergory for developing Type 2 Diabetes. I was recently diagnosed with Glucose Intolerance which is a pre-diabetic condition. Once again, I am following a meal plan given to me by a Diabetic Counselor, but this time it is an attempt to prevent the development of Type 2 Diabetes.
2007-09-12 11:31:37 · answer #2 · answered by sevenofus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may be a stress related diabetic. This is when you are stressed out your sugar levels will soar(Like a fear of needles at the lab). Yes! The mint did play a big part in the lab reading.
2007-09-12 11:15:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
My score...179, second test I passed. Just 3 weeks ago.
2007-09-12 13:29:35 · answer #4 · answered by aries4279 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋