help need someones advice

[mumtolou]

evening all i am currently 29+1 .went for a gtt test last week and today i got the results yes on a saturday telling me that i have to go back for a full blood test as my blood sugar was 8.7.my question is i was not told to fast before i had this test and they did not take blood before they made me drink a whole cup of lucozade.then i had to wait an hour and go back for a blood test .could these results be wrong now i am worrying never had this with my first dd and also my urine is not showing up anything thanks in advance

Hi Mumtolou ... here are a couple of links. It sounds like you ought to have been fasting. A non-fasting test would be a random glucose test and you'd have to have a bgl of 11.0 mmol to be dx with gest. diabetes - at least that's my understanding.

Have a read of these - hope they help.

www.medicinenet.com/glucose_tolerance_test/article.htm

www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40001588/

The bgl measurements in the first link are American but it describes the tests well. The second link is a bit more in-depth but has a helpful table.

I am supposed to have one at 24 weeks now the leaflet I have says you need to fast (that should be fun bump wakes me up at 4am for a snack ) they take bloods when you arrive feed you glucose then take bloods 2 hours later although things on line say 1 plus 2 hours I don't know how they can compare the levels if they do not do he initial bloods, or if you have not starved. I would give your midwife a ring on Monday

They better not give me lucozade or they will have me itching and wheezing all over the place

Ask for them to do it again, it is a fasting test which is why the results are wrong, thanks for reminding me that I have to book mine

i agree with millie1 you should have a fasting glucose test prior to a comparison one after eating/drinking i would ask them to check a fasting glucose before accepting a gest. diabetes diagnosis. if you havent had any glucose in your urine at all throughout the preg why did they ask you to go for the tests?? it is usually for this reason that gest. diabetes is suspected hope that helps
xx ei xx

I had 2 tests for diabetes - the first is a standard one which everyone has here, a simple non fasting blood test (done an hour after drinking lucozade). You are called back for the proper fasting test if the results of the first are high.

I was called back because I had a high test result first, but was fine for the second.

mumtolou, your blood test sounds just like my first one.

thanks all for your advice the reason they sent me for one is that i am overweight.i was overweight with my first pregnancy and this one too.but diabetes does not run in the family all my urine has been clear .i had the fast gtt with my first dd but this time around they did a mini one if that makes any sense .should of saved the nhs money and sent for the full one the first time .so i will keep my fingers crossed that the result is fine thanks xxxxxx

mumtolou exactly the same reason I am supposed to be having one apparently it is part of a new protocol for those of us that have a high BMI I know exactly what me will do within 2 hours it will plumit to lower than it was before than because it always does and I will want to be sick and send the whole bloody day tryigto catch up with it

I agree Kaz1967, I had the fasting gtt a couple of weeks ago, and I felt rubbish for the rest of the day.

It is Lucozade they give you for the test, but if you inform them you can't have it, they provide an alternative. My sister-in-law doesn't drink fizzy pop, and she had a glucose gel substance to drink, but it doesn't sound very nice. Rather cloying as it goes down apparently.

xx

well they do know I am allergic to sodium Benzoate/E211 but I will remind them. I am not at all good with really sweet things either I think because they make me unwell my body rejects them unless I have a low blood sugar and need a boost they make me throw up I am not at all impressed they want me to have it.

Personally I would tell 'them' to get lost! I have twice declined a GTT - which the hosp consultant wanted me to have because of my BMI. In the absence of any evidence that there actually was a problem I declined to submit myself to this particular intervention. On both ocasions dh and I have had a brisk conversation with the consultant. They can never muster any evidence for there actually being a problem - nor to say that identification and monitoring through use of a GTT improves the outcomes for babies. The consultant told me that dd3 was bound to be over nine pounds and that this could cause problems with delivery etc etc - she was 7lbs 15 - the smallest of my three! Oh - and I never had any problems with glucose in the urine either.

NorthernLurker don't tempt me LOL I have been thinking along those lines since they told me they wanted one. Oh they did not tell me why I found out cos I mentioned it to my midwife I have problems with my blood sugars dropping at the best of times if I do not eat or if I eat sugary foods or simple carbs and it effects my mood too. Now being pregnant I am 100% worse

In my case I was still so nauseous that I knew the only thing that would happen when I got to the glucose drink bit would be that I would throw up! Thus rendering the whole thing a massive waste of time. I just really resented the way that despite being very healthy and active, and there being no clinial indications of any health concern for the baby, my BMI apparently put me in a group where there must be a problem. Of course the GTT is a very important diagnostic tool for some people - I just didn't think I needed it and I was right. I did try to eat low GI foods and watch the sugar - and I was still cycling at 39 weeks - got me through ok. Good Luck