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[quote=Anonymous]Poster 14:45 again.  My family is full of physicians, so the information that I am getting is from them.

The 1-hour test is commonly given to non-pregnant people, and when it is they are always told to fast (which means no breakfast).  It is a common test in diagnosing and monitoring diabetes for the general population.  The test is not specific to OBGYN practices and prenatal care.

For some reason, OBGYN practices commonly tell people that they can eat breakfast, but they do not raise the cut off to allow for this extra meal- the cut off is still 130 for both pregnant and non-pregnant alike.

The drink has 50g of sugar in it.  Whatever you eat in the morning adds to this (and you need to be aware of both sugars and carbs because they both have an effect).  So, if you eat a cup of cereal with milk, you have added 25-30g of sugar and a bunch of carbs to your body that the test will detect.  If your score was going to be super low, then you could still fine, but if your score was going to be closer to borderline, this WILL push you over.

If you are going to eat, plain eggs are about the only thing that may not have much of an effect.  All other American breakfast food certainly will.  My practice suggested that I eat a bagel- could you imagine?  That would certainly add to my score.

2-5% of all pregnant women are gestational diabetics.  However, 23% of pregnant women fail the 1-hour glucose test.  That is a lot of false positives.

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