Eating prior to GD test

[catsarecute]

My doctor said that I could have a piece of toast before the test but I'm worried about skewing the results. My appointment isn't until 10:15 tomorrow. If I ate a piece of toast and some cheese at 6:30, should I be "safe" for the test? Did anyone fast?

[Deleted]

I heard no heavy carbs or fruit. Whole wheat toast with cheese sounds okay. I had a small bowl of honey bunches of oats with skim milk like 3 hours before my test and passed.

[winemaker06]

Definitely don't fast unless your doctor says to. I had egg & cheese on flatbread. I think it helped but still got a tiny bit queasy after. It would have been worse if I didn't eat.

[humpforfree]

I called before mine and they said I didn't need to fast or do anything different. I had my standard breakfast cheesestick & coffee like half an hour before.

[julez]

With my DD, I didn't think twice about my breakfast and ate whatever I wanted - probably cereal with milk.  This time around, I ate a hard boiled egg and string cheese.  Eat some good protein to keep yourself full and drink water. 

[eav2c]

I would eat something. I did with my first and not with my second. I ended up seriously ill and having a panic attack from the sugar high. It was awful. I have never had a panic attack but I thought I was going to straight up collapse. I will not fast before this test with any future pregnancies. I will likely eat an egg and toast or something similar.

[browneyedgirl9]

My doctor does a GD test in the first trimester...and 3rd trimester. At my first trimester test I ate sugar cereal and drank a glass of juice...bad idea, I failed!! But I passed the 3hr test.

In the 3rd trimester I ate eggs for breakfast before the test...and passed no problem!

I wouldnt fast...but I think you should be fine with toast and cheese.

[MrsDarcy]

My md told me to eat protein, so I ate scrambled eggs and bacon.

[Deleted]

I ate my normal breakfast.

[catsarecute]

Thanks all! I usually hate eggs but I may make one just to fill me up a bit. Wish me luck!!

[Birdie]

I had honey bunches of oats about an hour and a half before my test and I failed my one hour. However, when I did my fasting 3 hour, my blood sugar got so low I almost passed out. So I attribute my failing the first one hour to my breakfast choice so soon before my test.

So I suggest either not eating at all or eating something like eggs that has very low carbs.

[Birdie]

Just saw you hate eggs. Really, the key is low carbs. Carbs make your blood sugar spike more than protein. I think eating toast and cheese 4 hours before you test would be just fine.

[sookie]

Well I didn't know I was taking mine, so I ate two chocolate chip cookies and drank a root beer prior to the test. I recommend not eating/drinking that unless you want to secure your taking the three hour test.

[speckledfrog]

You should be totally fine. Mine told me that there was no special diet required but to not eat the hour before.

[mannah]

Dec 29, 2013 21:10:52 GMT -5 sookie said:

Well I didn't know I was taking mine, so I ate two chocolate chip cookies and drank a root beer prior to the test. I recommend not eating/drinking that unless you want to secure your taking the three hour test.

Lol. That reminds me of a time a few years ago when I got my cholesterol/triglycerides tested and they said not to eat the day of the test, but the night before around midnight, I randomly ate three Cadbury cream eggs--let's just say the cholesterol results were not too good. Haha.

[starlily]

My doctor told me that I could eat normally up to an hour prior, but just avoid heavy carbs and sweets.

My friend, who is an OB who specializes in diabetic and high-risk patients told me that any food in the 3-4 hours prior has a higher chance of creating a false positive.

I had GD my last pregnancy, so I have to take the one hour test early - next week. This time I'm going to try my friend's advice. Odds are stacked against me as it is, but I figure it couldn't hurt. I'll be tested again later anyways.

[kershnic]

My doctor told me not to eat for 2 hours before the test. I had a normal lunch at 1pm (don't remember what it was, but I'm sure it contained carbs and protein) and the test at 4pm. I passed, even though I have tons of risk factors and both the OB and MFM were convinced I would not.

[Deleted]

I'd say eat normally. Ideally, your sugar should go back to normal within 2-3 hours of eating, so eating at 630 will bring you back down to normal before your test if you don't have GD. complex carbs combined with protein are the best for keeping your sugar in check too.

*I didn't take the test, but I am diabetic so take that for what it's worth.

[stealthmom]

My doc said it's not a fasting test. Mine was at 3pm and I ate normally that day and passed.