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@Alex I just took the initial one. Just drank the juice and then got blood drawn after 1 hour. Do you know if 224 normal?
Oooo are you UK or US as UK do it in different digits? I think it’s done in mmol in the UK. I tried to convert it and 224 is about 12 (don’t rely on me though I’m not a doctor lol) so if it is the correct conversion it would be a bit high and maybe gestational diabetes!! X
@Alex ohh ok. I am in the US. I was confused because it says normal value but I thought 224 was high. I am not sure. Thank you for your help though
@Leslie thank you so much for sharing ❤️
@Leslie so I definitely failed lol ok thank you
@Leslie I am going to change my eating habits. Any suggestions?
You're welcome! Good luck! I hope all goes well! They ended up bumping up my appointments because of it so i had to go in more frequently. Baby was perfectly healthy though! He's 6 weeks tomorrow!
Sorry i didn't see your second comment to me! I ate smaller portions, increased my water intake and that seemed to help. My numbers were pretty low through to the end of my pregnancy. I kept a detailed log of what I ate. I didn't so much change what I was eating, just ate a little less. Like I would actually measure out the serving size of rice 😩😫
@Leslie I’m so glad your baby was perfectly healthy. That is beautiful ❤️ and thanks for the portion advice. That has definitely been hard for me lol so I just need to be more strict
Yes I really didn't wanna be on insulin! So they let me do a week of monitoring on a portion controlled diet and since my numbers were okay, they said I didn't need insulin, just needed to watch carbs and portion size
224 is an automatic fail. Anything over 190 you’re automatically diagnosed with GD on your first 1 hour test. They won’t send you for a second 3 hour now. You’ll go get a kit for GD and it basically is to prick your finger a few times a day and change your diet. Sugars and carbs are what’ll trigger it the most.
Is this the initial or after diagnosed with gestational diabetes? After being diagnosed, they say less than 7.8 one hour after a meal. Then the fasting one is 3.5-5.3 (think it’s slightly higher for the fasting one in the initial prick) X