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Re: Pregnancy & Hypoglycemia

From: Nancy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 15:05:05 -0500 (CDT)

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Cindy, I do not know the answer regarding the sugar levels but I am wondering why your doctor would diagnose gestational diabetes from the 1 hour glucose tollerance test. I too recently failed the 1 hour test but was then sent for the 3 hour version. You are put on high carbohydate diet for the 3 days before the test. You can eat nothing for 12 hours prior to the test. Then you go in and drink glucose syrup (the lab technician said it was more concentrated than the one used in the 1 hour test). They take intial blood and urine samples and then blood every hour thereafter. I did great on this test. In my case the first test appears to have been in error (I suppose thats why they did the more extensive testing). So I wonder why your doctor did not run this test before diagnosis. Perhaps one of the doctors will respond. Hope this info helps, Nancy

At Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Cindy wrote: >
>Dear sirs,
>
>I am a 32 year old in my 31st week of pregnancy and have been diagnosed
>has having gestational diabetes from a glucose tollerance test (1 hour).
>However, I have been hypoglycemic for years and am experiencing
>exaserbated low blood sugars lately. Especially since I started
>following a diabetic diet I am having lows all the way down to 11. My
>OB-Gyn does not seem concerned about the lows, only highs. The only
>high readings I have is after having a low and taking juice, it will
>rebound to 140-150. She suggests countering the lows by having crackers
>and cheese instead of the juice. Will this give me enough glucose to
>rebound to a normal level? What effect is this having on the baby?

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