15
Nov
Failed One Hour Glucose Test. In my first pregnancy I failed the 1 hour test and had to do the 3 hour one where I passed with flying colors. You will drink a 50-gram glucose drink wait one hour and then have your blood drawn at your doctors office or a laboratory. It is among the most common of pregnancy issues with no symptoms that is why all women take it. If you fail the 1 hour 50-gram test you will then need to take a 3 hour 100-gram glucose tolerance test.
The truth about this test is that the one-hour test is pretty easy to fail and many people do. During my first pregnancy I failed my 1-hour glucose test which meant I was ordered to undergo a second and more extended test. Yup- every pregnant lady takes the 1 hour test usually between 24-28 weeks. The nurse who called me with my results said there is a slightly higher chance of a macrosomic baby if. And results from my at-home blood glucose monitor continue to show blood glucose numbers in normal ranges after Ive fasted and after Ive eaten meals. Is it normal to have gestational diabetes already at only 15 weeks.
Seems like people who fail the 1-hr and pass the 3-hr usually just barely failed the 1-hr level in the 130s or 140s and ate something bad that morning.
Odds of failing the 1 hour test are 15-20. 23 of women who fail the 1 hour glucose test pass the 3 hour meaning 13 fail. My OB doctor called and told me that I had failed the one-hour test for gestational. They make the threshold low enough so that they catch anyone who could be having an issue. Taking the three hour on Friday. If you fail the first test you have to do a.