My first pregnancy:
The 1 hour came back at 152 - Failed.
The 3 hour came back at 73, 102, 109, 81 - Passed

This pregnancy:
The 1 hour came back at 157 - Failed
The 3 hour came back at 81, 140, 120, 72 - Passed

My OB said that nearly half of her patients fail the first test and have to be retested. I agree that the whole thing is a hassle and time consuming. I thought I was going to lose. my. darn. mind. when I was doing the three hour one. Good luck! (:

I never take it, I refuse because I get so sick when pregnant I would never be able to keep the stuff down. My Dr has me test my blood by finger poke with a glucometer for a week. That sucks that they can move their threshold on a whim, I'd be mad too, it is not a fun test.

You know I don't understand this. Yes I can understand if you are testing >200 then sure it's possible there is a need for insulin, but <130 just diet and exercise. Makes no sense I guess they want to absolutely sure.

I have talked to both my OB and nurse practioner. I'm not taking the test unless my finger sticks are >120 fasting or >200 post prandial. I'm just following the GD diet and going with the assumption I am diabetic.

Wow, your OB is very lenient compared to mine! If I'm over 95 fasting or 130 1 hr after a meal....it's insulin for me. My GD nurse & nutritionist both explained the threshold during pregnancy is way lower than in non-pregnant women. Even with my low sugar levels, it appears I'm on trend to have a 9 lb baby.

I didn't have gestational diabetes with my first pregnancy but was diagnosed with it in my second pregnancy. I am really hoping that all the weight I've lost over the last 9 months is enough to keep me from being diagnosed with this pregnancy as well.

My numbers for my second pregnancy:

1 hour screen = 181 (standard range: 65 - 139) = fail

My OB decided to only do a 2 hour screen rather than a 3 and here are those numbers:

Fasting = 86 (standard range: 65 - 99) = pass
1 hour = 184 (standard range: 65 - 199) = pass
2 hour = 134 (standard range: 65 - 139) = pass

So how I was diagnosed with GD in my second pregnancy I couldn't tell you and I've been bitter about that diagnosis since it happened (at the time I did not have access to my exact numbers, this has changed over the last year and I've been super pissed about it)

I work with babies and toddlers and I've met lots of babies whose mothers had undiagnosed GD and the babies were GIANT. And this can cause issues other than them just being large - if the doctor mistakenly decides to do vaginal instead of a C-section even though the baby is big, their shoulders can become dislocated, which causes lasting nerve damage. That's the only thing that makes me nervous. (and yes, I do have the worst job ever for a pregnant woman).

I didn't have gestational diabetes with my first pregnancy but was diagnosed with it in my second pregnancy. I am really hoping that all the weight I've lost over the last 9 months is enough to keep me from being diagnosed with this pregnancy as well.

My numbers for my second pregnancy:

1 hour screen = 181 (standard range: 65 - 139) = fail

My OB decided to only do a 2 hour screen rather than a 3 and here are those numbers:

Fasting = 86 (standard range: 65 - 99) = pass
1 hour = 184 (standard range: 65 - 199) = pass
2 hour = 134 (standard range: 65 - 139) = pass

So how I was diagnosed with GD in my second pregnancy I couldn't tell you and I've been bitter about that diagnosis since it happened (at the time I did not have access to my exact numbers, this has changed over the last year and I've been super pissed about it)

Oh my gosh- that would have made me incredibly mad! Not that the GD diet is bad or anything, but seriously, I really do think that so many doctors have to deal with malpractice suits that we are all assumed to have something "just in case".

What did people do before the glucose test, I ask??? Because none of my friends or older family members ever had to worry about it and things all turned out A-Okay.

I also have to point out that he kept throwing around scare-tactics talking about how my baby was going to be OMGHUGE and wanting to take him at 36 weeks. My son was born at 39 weeks and was exactly 7 lbs. I could've killed my doctor.

The first hospital I gave birth at, every kept saying, "oh you had GD" because my baby was 10lbs. No. I didn't. The next hospital just had a better atmosphere so when I pushed out an 11lb baby, they just said way to go! Also no GD.

I work with babies and toddlers and I've met lots of babies whose mothers had undiagnosed GD and the babies were GIANT. And this can cause issues other than them just being large - if the doctor mistakenly decides to do vaginal instead of a C-section even though the baby is big, their shoulders can become dislocated, which causes lasting nerve damage. That's the only thing that makes me nervous. (and yes, I do have the worst job ever for a pregnant woman).

The majority of shoulder dystocia occurs with small babies, though. There, that should ease your mind! :P

Yeah, sometimes I wonder how many of those situations of undiagnosed GD aren't them saying "Well the baby was big so the mom must've had GD even though we didn't catch it" and not just a naturally big baby.

I work with babies and toddlers and I've met lots of babies whose mothers had undiagnosed GD and the babies were GIANT. And this can cause issues other than them just being large - if the doctor mistakenly decides to do vaginal instead of a C-section even though the baby is big, their shoulders can become dislocated, which causes lasting nerve damage. That's the only thing that makes me nervous. (and yes, I do have the worst job ever for a pregnant woman).

Okay.. that is scary. Very scary.

That's why medical staff use it as a scare tactic on women. It sounds scary, doesn't it?
This is why women need to do their own research and not just rely on medical staff. Read the works of Henci Goer, Ina May Gaskin, Marsden Wagner, etc... Make sure you have a complete education and not just what the medical establishment is selling.

Scienceteacher - how do you feel? I was just diagnosed with GD on Tuesday but I can tell you that I really do have it. I feel weird after I eat sometimes. I had read that there's not really any "symptoms" per se but I know I felt weird and one of my co workers who also had it felt weird as well. I am also tired all the time - more tired than I think I should be at 30 weeks!
I am going to the GD specialist on Monday but my co worker gave me some pointers as far as what they told her with diet and I've been following those. It probably won't hurt to do the diet but if you don't really have it, you could do without the finger pricking and all that nonsense!

The first hospital I gave birth at, every kept saying, "oh you had GD" because my baby was 10lbs. No. I didn't. The next hospital just had a better atmosphere so when I pushed out an 11lb baby, they just said way to go! Also no GD.

I work with babies and toddlers and I've met lots of babies whose mothers had undiagnosed GD and the babies were GIANT. And this can cause issues other than them just being large - if the doctor mistakenly decides to do vaginal instead of a C-section even though the baby is big, their shoulders can become dislocated, which causes lasting nerve damage. That's the only thing that makes me nervous. (and yes, I do have the worst job ever for a pregnant woman).

The majority of shoulder dystocia occurs with small babies, though. There, that should ease your mind! :P

I am not sure where you are getting your info from but from what I have learnt in my training for being a RN, shoulder dystocia does tend to occur in larger babies. Also from my own experience with my son who was 8 lb 11 oz. we had a hard time getting his shoulders out (he is also broad like my husband). Thanx to my great experienced midwife we were able to maneuver his shoulder out safely.

How long after completing the initial test did it take for your doctor to provide your results? I took the test Monday, and haven't heard anything. Just wondering if the results take a while...

Well that was frustrating. I took it on 11/11 (Veterans Day and I work for the government so I had off). Was waiting for a call all week and finally got the results on 11/19 (!!!) when I went to the doctor. She said to me, "Oh did you just take them yesterday?". I said No I took it EIGHT DAYS ago. First available appt. with the GD specialist wasn't until 11/25, a full two weeks after I took the test. So that's kind of frustrating, yeah.

The first hospital I gave birth at, every kept saying, "oh you had GD" because my baby was 10lbs. No. I didn't. The next hospital just had a better atmosphere so when I pushed out an 11lb baby, they just said way to go! Also no GD.

I work with babies and toddlers and I've met lots of babies whose mothers had undiagnosed GD and the babies were GIANT. And this can cause issues other than them just being large - if the doctor mistakenly decides to do vaginal instead of a C-section even though the baby is big, their shoulders can become dislocated, which causes lasting nerve damage. That's the only thing that makes me nervous. (and yes, I do have the worst job ever for a pregnant woman).

The majority of shoulder dystocia occurs with small babies, though. There, that should ease your mind! :P

I am not sure where you are getting your info from but from what I have learnt in my training for being a RN, shoulder dystocia does tend to occur in larger babies. Also from my own experience with my son who was 8 lb 11 oz. we had a hard time getting his shoulders out (he is also broad like my husband). Thanx to my great experienced midwife we were able to maneuver his shoulder out safely.

Macrosomic babies have an elevated risk for SD, sure, but most cases of SD occur in babies under 8lb13oz because most babies are smaller than that.

I'm sure the data is useful for broad purposes but not sure how it applies to individual women, since controlling the size of the baby is tricky stuff. SD is, according to ACOG and AAFP, associated with numerous factors, one of them being protracted labor. I would not be surprised if fetal positioning was a larger factor than anything else ... how many women have had sections after hours of back labor and a stuck posterior baby? Correct fetal positioning is harder to achieve as jobs/people become more sedentary - women who are on their feet all day are in naturally a position that nudges baby into an anterior fetal position.

My son was over 10lbs and I made a conscious effort throughout my pregnancy to move him to a Left Anterior Position prior to delivery. I have to say that pushing was the easiest/fastest part of labor.