How to pass a blood glucose test during pregnancy?
Avoid eating high sugar foods and refined carbs for atleast a week before the test and glucose test will usually come normal
Last updated on 15 Mar 2023
Oral glucose test is ordered when fasting glucose test is high but not high enough to fall under the category diabetes.
Yes, it is not that alarming. One falls under the category prediabetes.
High blood glucose levels during pregnancy can also increase the chance that your baby will be born too early, weigh too much, or have breathing problems or low blood glucose right after birth. It can also induce still births in pregnant woman. Hence, speak with a doctor if glucose is high.
Avoid eating high sugar foods and drinks a night before the test for sugar not to spike and one gets a normal glucose test.
No it is not bad it is within the range.
FBS, FBG, Fasting Blood Sugar
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