Delecate Dove, I am having my second one on Monday. I didn't fail the first one, but the results were a little higher than normal (7.7 and the cut off is 7.8).
This is the run down I got from the pathologist;
-Eat a carb loaded diet for several days - heaps of cereal, bread, pasta etc
-Fast from 9pm the night before the test - water is allowed after this time
-Take a first morning urine sample to take with you - this needs to be tested before the test commences
-First lot of bloods will be taken
-Drink the glucose drink
-After 1hr another set of bloods are taken
-At the end of the 2nd hr another set of bloods are taken.
I had to do the 2 hr test with each pg. My ob routinely does those first instead of the other one. I felt so sick the first time with not eating that I asked not to do it the second time, but my results were high the first time so she wanted me to do it. I wasn't as bad the second time. I think my results were high the first time as I hadn't eaten the carb diet (they only told me about it when I turned up for the test).
Also, I didn't need a urine sample either time - my ob checks urine each visit and I think she specified on the order form no urine necessary. So maybe check first whether you'll need that.
I took something to eat with me so I could eat as soon as it was all over. I think asking pg women to fast is a form of torture.
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