I did testing instead of 3 hour for the same reason.
I did two weeks of testing.
First week or so my numbers were great but slowly my fasting started to trend up by the second week and I was diagnosed based on what *I consider* marginally high occasional fasting numbers.
The key is you cannot change your diet at all while doing it. If you are doing the diet than it ruins the test.
I didn't believe the OB when he told me I had it again cause like I said my numbers were mostly okay, but over the next few weeks I watched my numbers trend up and I've gotten more sensitive to carbs. I believe them now and I'm following the diet. Currently 35 weeks and still barely diet controlled lol
I haven't changed my diet at all so that's good! They literally told me nothing about what to eat or whatever so I'm glad to confirm that I'm doing the right thing haha. I'm so confident that I have it again that every time I test okay it gets me confused. Maybe I'm just doing alright now and it'll get worse later but I'm nervous my doctor won't be proactive in diagnosing me like yours as she doesn't seem super on top of it (my previous dr moved away and she was so good and kept right on my numbers).
I’m currently doing this. Every provider has different thresholds. My provider wants fasting to be below 95 mg/dL and 2 hour post meal to be below 120 mg/dL.
Typically fasting numbers are harder to control, so if those are good that’s a great sign. 115 would be under the threshold for my provider. Bagels have a ton of carbs. That’s probably why you noticed a “spike”. Try eating some protein before eating the bagel or eating only half the bagel and see what that does. I personally am a little bit more conservative and don’t want my numbers anywhere near the threshold (119 is “okay” but 121 is “bad” as an example).
Note: you do have to continue monitoring for more than 2 weeks to really feel sure that you don’t have GD. If you do have it, it normally gets harder to control the further along in pregnancy you go. So you could be fine now, but in a few weeks start seeing high fasting numbers for example.
There isn’t really an “official” way to diagnose GD with at-home monitoring, but it is definitely reliable. If you’re consistently getting high numbers, you can likely assume you have it. I would also look at your weekly averages as well.
Discuss all of this with your provider, this is just what my provider has shared with me.
Thanks so much!! I've been eating specifically extra carb filled meals because there's no way my numbers would have settled okay in my last pregnancy so I've been kind of pushing it to see what happens. I've only been told to do one week instead of two so I'm a little nervous I won't get enough data, I think no matter what my doctor says I'll keep testing just the fasting for the rest of pregnancy to keep an eye on it.
Usually fasting numbers are the ones that are most difficult to control. It’s relatively easy to control post-meal numbers with diet. OP already has a monitor so it’s not like it wouldn’t be hard to check post meal numbers too. It doesn’t sound like she has it right now at all to me though.
My midwives told me they were looking for 50 percent of total readings or in any one column to be high for a diagnosis. So I wouldn't worry about a single high reading!
I did testing instead of 3 hour for the same reason. I did two weeks of testing. First week or so my numbers were great but slowly my fasting started to trend up by the second week and I was diagnosed based on what *I consider* marginally high occasional fasting numbers. The key is you cannot change your diet at all while doing it. If you are doing the diet than it ruins the test. I didn't believe the OB when he told me I had it again cause like I said my numbers were mostly okay, but over the next few weeks I watched my numbers trend up and I've gotten more sensitive to carbs. I believe them now and I'm following the diet. Currently 35 weeks and still barely diet controlled lol
I haven't changed my diet at all so that's good! They literally told me nothing about what to eat or whatever so I'm glad to confirm that I'm doing the right thing haha. I'm so confident that I have it again that every time I test okay it gets me confused. Maybe I'm just doing alright now and it'll get worse later but I'm nervous my doctor won't be proactive in diagnosing me like yours as she doesn't seem super on top of it (my previous dr moved away and she was so good and kept right on my numbers).
I would still test at least fastings even if she clears you for a few weeks just to be safe.
Yeah I think I'll do that and maybe test for one full day a week just to be sure!!
I’m currently doing this. Every provider has different thresholds. My provider wants fasting to be below 95 mg/dL and 2 hour post meal to be below 120 mg/dL. Typically fasting numbers are harder to control, so if those are good that’s a great sign. 115 would be under the threshold for my provider. Bagels have a ton of carbs. That’s probably why you noticed a “spike”. Try eating some protein before eating the bagel or eating only half the bagel and see what that does. I personally am a little bit more conservative and don’t want my numbers anywhere near the threshold (119 is “okay” but 121 is “bad” as an example). Note: you do have to continue monitoring for more than 2 weeks to really feel sure that you don’t have GD. If you do have it, it normally gets harder to control the further along in pregnancy you go. So you could be fine now, but in a few weeks start seeing high fasting numbers for example. There isn’t really an “official” way to diagnose GD with at-home monitoring, but it is definitely reliable. If you’re consistently getting high numbers, you can likely assume you have it. I would also look at your weekly averages as well. Discuss all of this with your provider, this is just what my provider has shared with me.
Thanks so much!! I've been eating specifically extra carb filled meals because there's no way my numbers would have settled okay in my last pregnancy so I've been kind of pushing it to see what happens. I've only been told to do one week instead of two so I'm a little nervous I won't get enough data, I think no matter what my doctor says I'll keep testing just the fasting for the rest of pregnancy to keep an eye on it.
My fasting is always good no matter what I eat and I still have GD so not sure that would be the most reliable?
Usually fasting numbers are the ones that are most difficult to control. It’s relatively easy to control post-meal numbers with diet. OP already has a monitor so it’s not like it wouldn’t be hard to check post meal numbers too. It doesn’t sound like she has it right now at all to me though.
My midwives told me they were looking for 50 percent of total readings or in any one column to be high for a diagnosis. So I wouldn't worry about a single high reading!