In Gestational diabetes ,which one is better 2 hr or 1 hr blood glucose tests?

Oct 27, 2009 | Blood Glucose Diabetes

Some doctors use 1 hour blood glucose test with a target of less than 130. Others use 2 hour test with a target of less than 120.
What will be the impact if my blood sugars are around 160 to 170 after one hour and around or little less than 120 after two hours?

If you aren’t experiencing gestational diabetes then your glucose should never be as high as 160 to 170. Non diabetics do not reach such extremes. You may be classified as borderline.

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4 Responses to “In Gestational diabetes ,which one is better 2 hr or 1 hr blood glucose tests?”

  1. Courtney Says:
    October 27th, 2009 at 10:35 pm

    If you aren’t experiencing gestational diabetes then your glucose should never be as high as 160 to 170. Non diabetics do not reach such extremes. You may be classified as borderline.
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  2. reedmiranda18 Says:
    October 27th, 2009 at 11:11 pm

    My doc ordered the 1 hr test, after the results came back it was close to the highest number they liked to see, don’t remember what it was. So ordered the 2 hr test. 170 seems high if you don’t have diabetes.
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  3. dragonfly-29 Says:
    October 27th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

    Either way, it’s too high. And let me tell you from experience,you don’t want to take gestational diabetes lightly. I lost a baby in 2000, he was a full term stillborn… I had gestational diabetes and I had NO clue about it at all. The baby weighed 11 pounds at birth.
    My next pregnacy I again had gestational diabetes, but had amazing health care this time around. Even with the amazing health care, he also grew really fast, and there were other complications. Luckily he was born, we had him by c-section 4 wks early… he weighed 8 pounds and 13 ounces, but thankfully he was healthy… I myself was then diagnosed with type two diabetes when he was six months old and I was only 36 years old.
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  4. Daisee Says:
    October 28th, 2009 at 12:14 am

    After 1 hour should be less than 140
    After 2 hours should be less than 120. Your doctor will ask you to check one or the other, not both.

    It is also important that you check your blood sugar fasting (normal for a pregnant woman is less than 90) and at bedtime (should be less than 120).

    If any of them are too high, your doctor will prescribe insulin.
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