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randomsnowflake in hipster_mommas

Failed diabetes test?

Feb 06, 2007 13:25

I'm pregnant and failed my first (1 hour) diabetes test. My level was like 180-something. Now I have to eat a special diet for 3 days then go back to the lab for a 3 hour diabetes test ( Read more... )

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papermuse February 6 2007, 23:03:57 UTC

I failed, both times. They put me on a low carb diet and I had to take my blood sugar three times a day. I was extremely upset about it at first, and I cried and cried (pathetic I know), but all in all it wasnt horrible, it was just a smack across the face for a pregnant woman to have to watch every little friggin thing she eats, iykwim. I was "diagnosed" around 28 weeks though, not 15. If your blood sugar was that high then its probably going to wind up that you are in the same situation.

Good luck on your test, let us know how it goes.

eiaeae February 6 2007, 23:08:45 UTC

I failed the 1 hour test with my first pregnancy. Rather than do the 3 hour one, my midwife just had me meet with a nutritionist about a diabetic diet and start testing my sugars routinely ( ... )

randomsnowflake February 6 2007, 23:17:45 UTC

I had a six inch roast beef sub from subway before my test. :)

randomsnowflake February 6 2007, 23:20:48 UTC

My DR. had told me not to fast or anything tho- I had just woke up and needed to eat! :D

themirrorscold February 7 2007, 02:37:37 UTC

i just got diagnosed last week after failing my 3 hour. i went to my diabetes education class today. like the other two have said, i'm on a low-carb diet and have to eat the 3 well-spaced (and controlled) meals with 2-3 snacks daily. i also have to test my blood when i wake up and an hour after each meal. today was really the first day i've "started" because i didn't *really* know what to do either. it doesn't really seem hard, just more of an annoyance, for lack of a better term. you have to watch, measure and read labels for everything you eat. you seem to have it worse than me (no offense!) and i also was diagnosed at 29 weeks instead of 15. good luck to you and i hope that yours can be controlled by diet!!! ♥ (they should be sending you to a class, i'd think, and to see a nutritionist. they explain it pretty well and are very open for any questions. :) )

everynightprom February 7 2007, 18:12:07 UTC

I don't know anything about diabetes tests, but I hope that everythign goes well :)

We have always had lots in common, and now we are both pregnant again. <3