4 Hour Glucose Test Results

i had very similar results, actually. (a "little high" is still high-- that's why they make you fast before it) and for the first week i tested 4x's a day, it's really to make sure you are able to maintain the "normal" range with just diet and exercise. after the first week i only now have to test 2x's daily, but i do make sure to "stick to the diet" as much as possible. my testing levels have all been great, but like another poster said "there's no such thing as a little diabetic" -- though sometimes i also feel like "maybe i'm not really" cuz it's been so easy to keep the glucose levels down! :) also, keep in mind that with GD, it's the placenta that's "messing" with your levels, so if at the beginning you have even slight trouble on the challenge, as the placenta grows with your child, it produces more hormones that can make maintaining more difficult, and you wouldn't know it if you didn't continue testing. i only have 4 more days left; it got a lot better after the first couple of weeks. if you find you are miserable and hungry all the time, keep track of what you're eating and talk to your dr about menus. i, personally, only get that way if i skip the "healthy" snack and go for the sweets :) you shouldn't have to go hungry to keep your levels down.

Actually, it is a good idea to test 4 times a day during a "normal" day, when your eating regular/normal meals and getting regular/normal exercise. It gives the best indication of what your levels are on a day to day basis. Once you have results, your doctor can recommend any changes you need to make in your diet.

Hi J.!
I had a similar thing happen to me with my second pregnancy. My doctors explained to me that there is no such thing as being a little diabetic. So I took it very seriously and followed the "diet" pretty much to a T. I was pretty miserable and was hungry most of the time but my baby girl was born a good weight and completely healthy. I don't know that she wouldn't have been a normal weight otherwise but I didn't want to chance it. I did notice though that since my levels were pretty decent before that I could get away with eating pretty much everything - just in small portions.

Feel free to send me a message if you need to talk to someone who's been there.

I had that happen with my first, and they considered me boarderline gestational diabetic. I had to test my levels for 2 weeks and take a class on nutrition. Once i learned what i could and could not eat i was able to stop testing. Everything was fine once i had him and did not have this happen with my second. You should take it seriously, and just watch the carbs you eat, etc.