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Do you think I have gestational diabetes?

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Hi,

I'm 28wks pregnant and went for a growth scan on Monday. Baby is measuring on the 94th centile although I'm not sure about the acuracy of these scans as have read that they can be up to 10-20% out.

They want me to have a glucose tolerance test so have bought a blood glucose monitor from the chemist.

My reading so far are as follows:

Wednesday:
Pre lunch: 4.7
1hr post lunch: 7.9
Pre dinner: 6.1 did have a snack a little while before.
1hr post dinner: 6.2

Thursday:
Fasting: 5.3 did have a glass of orange juice about 30 mins before getting up
1hr post breakfast: 7.3
Pre lunch: 4.4
1hr post lunch: 5.4
Pre dinner: 4.4
1hr post dinner: 7.9 worried this was high so tested again straight away and got 8.1

Yesterday:
Fasting: 4.5
1hr post breakfast: 4.9
Pre lunch: 4.7
1hr post lunch: 5.4
Pre dinner: 3.9
1hr post dinner: 7.4

Today:
Fasting: 4.6
1hr post breakfast: 7.3


Also tested on Thursday after drinking a 500ml bottle of lucozade and readings were 7.0 after 1hr and 4.4 after 2 hours.

I'm worried that 7.9 is high and most of yesterday's readings seem on the low side.

Are these readings normal?
 
Hi Tracy,

I would say your readings look entirely normal. What had you eaten on the day when you got the 7.9/8.1? I am not diabetic (my son is type 1), but I've had BG levels down in the 3's and one up to 9.3 after a big dinner with a massive trifle. You will have been having tests for glucose in the urine at your ante natal clinic, so it's unlikely you have gestational diabetes. Hopefully your glucose tolerance test will put your mind at rest 🙂
 
Hi Tracy, welcome to the forum 🙂 From looking at your readings (and I'm not a doctor!), I would say that you are OK and you don't have gestational diabetes. Normally, a diagnosis of diabetes would be made if your fasting levels were above 7.0, or your two hour post-meal was above 11.0. Let us know what the 'official' test shows 🙂 Good luck with your pregnancy! 🙂
 
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