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[quote=Anonymous]I exercised and ate low carb throughout my first pregnancy. Failed the glucose challenge at 28 weeks. Had to come in a couple days later for the 3 hour and only guidance I was given was to fast a certain amount of time beforehand, to bring something to do over the three hours, and just be aware that you can't really drink anything and it's twice the amount of sugar so you can feel pretty lousy by the end. Have a snack ready--something healthy!

I ended up just failing the 3 hour, so I officially had GD. I luckily did not have to make not much lifestyle change since we were already eating healthily and all I had to do was track my blood sugars 4x a day. They even let me go to 41 weeks.

Also, this is just anecdotal, but I will say that I'm pregnant again and have been monitoring my blood sugar from 12 weeks on and the days I eat more carbs in a row the more likely I am to have higher than average cumulative levels the following days versus if I have one carb as a treat. So I'm not sure I would suggest "ramping up carbs" to try and get an accurate reading, I think it may do the opposite and that the test is fairly accurate regardless.[/quote]

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