It tends to be something the doctors 'forget' to mention lol. I had mine about 2 weeks ago and when i was there an old man came in to have his done but no one had told him he needed to fast or be on the diet so the poor old thing wasted his morning when it would have been so much easier if the doctors just gave him the info to start with, i don't know why they don't, they only have to hand you a piece of paper with the info on it.. oh well thats my little vent lol.
Good luck with it alll, fingers crossed you don't have it!
That's ridiculous that you're not told! I organise these tests and I've never heard of a special diet for it - I send information to the patients too! I'm outraged that this is going on, it's so stupid.
Have you had the hour-long test with lucozade? In pregnancy you should only ever have the two-hour test if your sugars are too high with the lucozade test because fasting isn't great when you're pregnant.
Have you also been warned about the risk of contracting type II diabetes? If you get GD you have a 50% chance of getting type II diabetes in the next 10 years so you need a 2-hour test every 1-2 years or prior to any subsequent planned pregnancy. If you are warned about this you can do diet and lifestyle things to reduce the risk, if you don't know then all of a sudden you get diabetes and if it goes undiagnosed that's REALLY dangerous.
My experience (from my posts on the topic ) was that different places make you do different things. I did my 2 hour test through Dorevitch & and they didn't make me do the special diet at all, just the fasting. So saying, I looked at what I'd eaten and it was prolly pretty high carb anyway! And yes, I wondered the same thing, did you do the screening GCT test (the 1 hour?).
Ask at the place you're booked into re their requirements. And you do have to sit there for the whole 2 hours - you can't wander off & go shopping
And mwah to you, fingers crossed you don't have it :goodluck2:
I had an ultrasound at my appt today (34 weeks) and bubs is measuring 7lbs 7ozs already. My obstetrician said that as my 28 week GTT was normal it's possible that I have GD but it hasn't shown up until later than the 28 week mark?
For this reason she's requested that I have the 2 hour test done next Tuesday but I too wasn't told anything about a special diet. Both my obstetrician and the person I spoke to at IMVS when making the appointment told me to fast 12 hours before the appt, can only have water, and that I will be there for 2 hours with a fasting blood test done when I arrive, followed by the drink, another blood test an hour later and another an hour after that!
Am now wondering if I should be eating a high carb diet as i've been recommended to avoid carbs (particularly later in the day) in an attempt to reduce bubs growth.
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) was that different places make you do different things. I did my 2 hour test through Dorevitch & and they didn't make me do the special diet at all, just the fasting. So saying, I looked at what I'd eaten and it was prolly pretty high carb anyway! And yes, I wondered the same thing, did you do the screening GCT test (the 1 hour?).
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