For those of you that FAILED your 1 hour glucose test, did you fast before doing it or did you have a little something to eat 2 hours prior testing?

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Hi ladies, my 1 hour glucose test is coming up. My doctor told me to eat a little something light 2 hours prior if I felt like I needed to but I could also just fast if I wasn’t a morning person. I’ve read so many articles saying that fasting could give you a false negative since you give such a high amount of sugar on an empty stomach. I’m FTM and trying to see what would be my best options? Thanks ladies 😊.

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It doesn't matter if you eat or fast & it also doesn't matter what you eat. It isn't how much sugar you consume, it's how your body processes it. I ate a regular breakfast as instructed by my OB & passed.

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If you eat there’s no point. It’s a fasting test because it’s measuring how your body reacts to being fasted. Tricking the test or trying to wont help you in the long run because you need to know what your body is doing. For most women the fasting sugars are the hardest to keep under control and so you NEED to know if yours are an issue 
What you can do is have something with protein and carbs as your last food before you fast and don’t leave it longer than 10 hours. I had GD last pregnancy and I found that my overnight sugars and fasting sugars were best when I had something before bed that had protein and some carbs and also didn’t have breakfast late

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I did both, failed both times.

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I was told I could eat 2 hours prior to drinking it. So I had a cheese stick and two pieces of toast with peanut butter. 2 hours later I drank it, an hour later I had my blood drawn. I passed though. It's not what you're eating or how much you're eating (because I've had a major sweet tooth this pregnancy... Like big time, I want sweet.) It's how your body processes it.

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I had mine yesterday. I was told I didn’t need to fast. I actually had my test in the evening so after breakfast, lunch, and a snack. I just couldn’t eat or drink for the hour after drinking the drink and before having my blood drawn. I passed.

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My 1 hr was at 2 in the afternoon. I had breakfast at 730a. Made scrambled eggs. I did not eat anything until after the test. I failed the 1 hr. The instructions on my glucose bottle (and from the dr) said to have a light meal a few hrs beforehand. 
I had my 3 hr the day after Christmas. I definitely indulged over the holidays. But I passed it. That one was scheduled for 730a since it was fasting.

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I have my first one Feb 7th & my OB told me to eat normally.. I think that’s what I’m gonna do but honestly I don’t usually eat before I go to my doctors anyway I’m just not a morning person lol

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If you do eat - just make sure it’s high protein and no carbs or sugar. Like a scrambled egg and a few slices of avocado.

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I fasted and FAILED HARD. Sent me strait to an endocrinologist. Didn’t even bother with the 3 hour test. FTM.

For those of you that FAILED your 1 hour glucose test, did you fast before doing it or did you have a little something to eat 2 hours prior testing?

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