GD or not?

Question

I had the one hour gestational diabetes test and my number was 133 - my doctors office says anything less than 135 is normal and anything higher than 140 is likely to be gestational diabetes. I’m now panicking if that means I could be at risk of developing it later in pregnancy? My doctor recommended cutting down on sugar but should I be following a GD diet? Help I’m a bit overwhelmed. I’m in 26th week of pregnancy.

Answer

It depends on the doctor I think. I had a glucose test at 12 or 13 weeks and got 139 after my one hour test and I was diagnosed with gd. Just follow your doctor’s advice and cut down on your carbs and sugar.

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I think you’re fine too. I was very borderline with my first and didn’t go on to develop it later in my pregnancy but it wouldn’t hurt to go easy on the sweet treats as someone else said. 
Just FYI, now im expecting my second (im at 33 weeks) and they detected GD at week 7 this time around because I was borderline the first pregnancy, plus im 35 and have a lot of type 2 diabetes in my family which are key factors. 
So no need to panic or anything, but it’s always good to have a balanced healthy diet and limit sugar

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I think you’re fine. I only passed with a 130 but they still considered it a pass. I’m almost 34 weeks now and have had no issues. Baby and I look great despite being right there on the boarder line and didn’t have to re test.

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The 1 hr is actually a bit hard to pass, even if you had 140 you would likely pass the 3 hour. I would just lay low on the cakes and sweets.

GD or not?

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