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I failed the one hour test twice (had to do it early on due to weight and at the normal time) with a 132 both times. The practice I went to had a cutoff of 130, whereas I've heard of others having a cutoff at 135 or 140. I passed the three hour test both times.

I can't remember my 1 hour number, but I only failed very slightly. I passed the 3 hour with flying colors.

I failed the 1 hour with a 151 and passed the 3 horu no prob.

I failed the 3 hour, but not badly. I was able to manage it with diet super easily, and could eat whatever carbs I wanted as long as I ate some protein with it. I could literally have eaten straight sugar and been fine if I had protein.

I passed the 3hr.

I know it depends on clinics, I had a 139 and they passed me since our clinic cutoff is 140. I know that would have been failing in several different places!

I failed my 3-hr. in the second hour. My GD was managed through diet.

My # from 1 hr was so high they didn't even tell me to do the 3 hr one

Failed both with my first LO. My one-hour number was 149.

i failed the 1 hour but passed the 3 hour

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I passed the one hour at 18 weeks with flying colors. They had me take it again on Saturday at 28 weeks, and I failed with a 157. They asked me what I ate the day before, and I had a burger and a snickers bar because I was on the road or out of town. Now, I'm worried I really do have it!

@avivoca: yes, they told me not to eat anything the morning of.

@dc yoga bee: So, this is my highly unscientific opinion as a mom who had gestational diabetes, but the only time anything bothered my fasting glucose was if I had had a major carb overload the night before (like if I'd had toast or a bunch of fruit). If my breakfast was very carb heavy (like pancakes), then my numbers two hours later would be a little high. But I failed my 3-hr. in the second hour. My glucose was not coming down as fast as they would like it to.

Long story short: I don't think your burger and snickers yesterday affected your numbers today, unless you ate them at 3:00 this morning or something. Or if you are getting sick, your glucose numbers will be higher.

@dc yoga bee: It really depends on your practice. I asked about it and was told that I would not need to be induced and that they would not do ultrasounds to check size unless there were other concerns. My GD was managed through diet. I delivered at 40w3d and was not induced. H was 7lbs. 10.8 oz. when she was born. I delivered with certified nurse midwives at a hospital with a low induction/c-section rate in my area.

The good news is that the diet isn't that bad, and I found that I could eat almost everything. My husband is diabetic, so I already knew a lot about what I could/couldn't eat, it was pretty much everything in moderation. I ended up gaining 35 pounds after it was all said and done, but I lost 8-10 pounds in the first month after being on the diet.

@dc yoga bee: Yes, definitely ask you midwife about it! My midwives were pretty hands-off and it was really refreshing, especially with the rates of inductions/c-sections for GD patients at other hospitals in the area. My practice was pretty low-key in general though.

I had worked all night before the 1 hr (dumb scheduling on my part), passed the 3 hour with flying colors.

I didn't pass both the 1 hour and 3 hours one. So now I'm consider of having gestational diabetes. Right now I hate the thought of monitoring my blood level by pricking myself 6 times each day.

I failed my 1 he, but then passed my 3 hour!