I was tested and had elevated results and now have to go in for the three hour test after fasting for 12 hours….
I already tried the test 2 days ago but had to postpone it because I threw up the glucose "cocktail".
Anyone know any tricks to keeping it down in a fasting state?

the best answer is to keep breathing…I know its silly but its true! Breath through your nose and take your ipod!! Keep your mind off of it!

I was tested and had elevated results and now have to go in for the three hour test after fasting for 12 hours….
I already tried the test 2 days ago but had to postpone it because I threw up the glucose "cocktail".
Anyone know any tricks to keeping it down in a fasting state?

the best answer is to keep breathing…I know its silly but its true! Breath through your nose and take your ipod!! Keep your mind off of it!

I failed both the one hour and the three hour oral glucose test. I don’t have any risk factors except being over 25. I weighed 106 before I was pregnant and have gained 16 pounds in 30 weeks of pregnancy. I smoked twice during the three hour test. Could thins have given me a false positive?

No, there’s nothing you can really do to get a false positive on the glucose tolerance test. There is either glucose spilling in the urine or there isn’t. You are more likely to get a false negative than a false positive. To get that, you’d have to add sugar to the urine somehow. Gestational diabetes does sometimes just show up for no apparent reason, and fortunately it will go away when the baby arrives. But it does give you a heads up, as gestational diabetes means you are at a higher risk to develop adult onset diabetes- Type 2, later on in life. Since you are still fairly young, you have time to work on altering things that could affect that. At the moment, though, you need to control the diabetes for yourself and your baby. Talk with the doctor about how you can do that, and also what things you can do to lower your risk of adult onset diabetes later on in life.

I failed both the one hour and the three hour oral glucose test. I don’t have any risk factors except being over 25. I weighed 106 before I was pregnant and have gained 16 pounds in 30 weeks of pregnancy. I smoked twice during the three hour test. Could thins have given me a false positive?

No, there’s nothing you can really do to get a false positive on the glucose tolerance test. There is either glucose spilling in the urine or there isn’t. You are more likely to get a false negative than a false positive. To get that, you’d have to add sugar to the urine somehow. Gestational diabetes does sometimes just show up for no apparent reason, and fortunately it will go away when the baby arrives. But it does give you a heads up, as gestational diabetes means you are at a higher risk to develop adult onset diabetes- Type 2, later on in life. Since you are still fairly young, you have time to work on altering things that could affect that. At the moment, though, you need to control the diabetes for yourself and your baby. Talk with the doctor about how you can do that, and also what things you can do to lower your risk of adult onset diabetes later on in life.

i had my test done today i kind liked my drink but omg! worse after effects my stomach felt bad felt like i was going to faint and get sick but i didnt. I am getting good at this blood taking thing though! lol anyway how long does it take to get my results

My results were in by the next day. I didn’t feel sick from the drink but I know what you mean about the blood banking! Ugh!

i had my test done today i kind liked my drink but omg! worse after effects my stomach felt bad felt like i was going to faint and get sick but i didnt. I am getting good at this blood taking thing though! lol anyway how long does it take to get my results

My results were in by the next day. I didn’t feel sick from the drink but I know what you mean about the blood banking! Ugh!

Did you have to fast for the test. Also tell me what exactly what happened the day of the test. Please describe. I thank you in advance for answering.

For the one hour test, do not fast. Have a balanced breakfast- try to avoid too many carbs. In other words, don’t have a donut and coffee, instead have eggs and whole grain toast. I failed my one hour, and I think it was because I had too many carbs that morning. When you arrive you will be given a glucose drink that you must drink within five minutes. It is not delicious, but it is not that bad. You will be asked to wait one hour and then your blood will be drawn. Usually you won’t get immediate results; your doctor will call you with the results.

If you fail, you will have to do the three hour test, and that does require that you fast. For that test, you will have your blood drawn when you arrive, and you’ll be given another drink, with a higher concentration of glucose. Your blood will be drawn every hour for the next three hours. If you fail that test, you will probably be diagnosed with gestational diabetes, and your doctor will review treatment with you. I passed my three hour test, fortunately.

ETA: My doctor specifically told me not to fast, she said it can cause a false result. And when I arrived at the outpatient lab they verified that I didn’t fast.

Now I have to have more lab work for three hours. It doesn’t mean that I have gestational diabetes just yet… has anyone had elevated results the first time but came out not having GD…Please give me some good advice. Should I limit all my sugars now?

Actually 25% of women fail the one hour test. So trust me when I say you are completely not alone! I failed it, as did several of my friends. We all ended up passing the 3 hour test, and none of us had gestational diabetes issues.

I believe the statistics show that one 4% of the women who fail the 1 hour test actually fail the 3 hour test as well…. so chances are you should be fine.

Advice before your next test, is to eat well balanced meals for 3 days prior to taking the test. Make sure to eat both protein and carbs, as not having enough of either one of those can affect your blood sugar. You don’t necessarily have to limit your sugar intake, but even if you don’t have gestational diabetes, it’s best not to be eating tons of sugar while you are pregnant anyways. I ate normal meals the days before my second test and everything ended up being just fine!

Most likely you will be fine too….. but just in case you do end up testing positive for gestational diabetes, know that most of the time it can be controlled by simple diet changes, it’s rare that a case requires more drastic things such as taking insulin, etc.

Good luck and many blessings to you on a healthy pregnancy!!

After I drank the gross drink, I felt very sick, as if I could pass out. Is this normal? Does this indicate I might fail the test?

Your feeling sick because

First of all you have to fast before you take the test, meaning you have nothing in your system then you drink this sugar drink. That’s why you felt dizzy and sick. I felt the same way when I took I the test with all my 3 pregnancies and soon I’m going to feel the same way when I take the test with this pregnancy.

No that doesn’t mean your going to fail the test.

Did you turn out to have GD or not? I had mine test today and the first hour and half after I drank the liquid I felt like crap – dizzy, nauseus and miserable. Does it mean my body couldn’t deal with that glucose? I won’t have results untill Thursday and I am really freaked out about this whole thing.

Your doctor suspected there might be a problem so it’s good you went for the test. I felt lousy too when I had to go for a glucose tolerance test. Nobody can deal with this much glucose at once but how your body processes it will show in the test results. At least if there is a problem your doctor will be able to guide you through this tough spell.