Hi all
I recently had a GTT as i have PCOS so that's a trigger for the test. The hospital I'm with took my blood 3 times. Once when I arrived after fasting, then gave me the glucose drink and then took blood after 1 hour and then again after 2 hours.
I was called with the results 3 days later which showed that the first and third readings were absolutely fine, but the second one (after 1 hour) was slightly high. It was 10.1 and should have been under 10. Based on this, I have been diagnosed with Gestational diabetes.
I went through 2 weeks of overwhelm, guilt and stress over what this all means. I attended a session where they went over all the risks and it really upset me and felt too much to take in. I've seen a dietician.
I now have to finger prick to check my levels 3 times a day before/after each meal and record a log. I also have to have 4 more ultrasound scans to monitor the baby's growth and see consultant. It means I'm now classified as high risk and can only go 6 days overdue before i would be induced.
I have found out in the last few days that someone i know who is under a different hospital had a GTT and her blood was only taken twice; once after fasting and then 2 hours after the glucose drink. Her results were fine and she was not diagnosed with GD. If i was under her hospital, my results wpuld have been fine too as my first and last readings were good. My midwife has also said that another hospital in the county does it this way and if i was with them i wouldn’t have been diagnosed with it.
I am very confused as to why different hospitals are doing this test differently and its meaning some people are being diagnosed with GD when in another hospital they wouldn't be and some are being told they don't have GD when another hospital would say they did.
Does anyone have experience and/or knowledge of why this is?
It will of course be lovely to see my baby on screen again 4 more times, and the extra monitoring will certainly ensure all is ok which is good. But its a lot to put me through if some trusts would say i didn't actually have it.
So confused
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Difference in Glucose Tolerance Test depending on hospital?
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Redfairy1288 · 08/06/2018 23:17
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