Re: I'm being tested for gestational diabetes............

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If this is a screening test for gestational diabetes, have your obstetrician read the appropriate guidelines for the one-hour/50 gram carbohydrate load test, which does not require fasting. If this is for your three-hour glucose tolerance test, then water is OK.

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Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG
Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC
Sugar Land, TX

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