I failed my Polycose Test!!!

They really need to rule out gestational diabetes as it has huge implications on the rest of your pregnancy delivery and health. The three hour test gives a more acurate picture of what is going on, I failed my polycose test and sailed through my GTT. The starving thing is hard, take a snack with you to eat as soon as you have finished and take a good book to read, they should give you an early morning appointment so you're not starving all day

Edited by Redbedrock

Yeah it's the same stuff, i went to another lab in the city for my GTT, and they gave me a choice of flavours but to be honest the lemonade one seemed the best choice on an empty stomach

lol, I have DF coming with me so he can look after me. I'll be so nervous about the test that I wont wanna eat anyways. Im worried about feeling sick though with the not eating thing
The drink was quite sweet, but pleasant to drink, just tatsed like a cheap lemonade that had gone a bit flat! lol Its just trying to drink it fast that I hated.

Edited by Sheza

Same here, failed the first one, sailed through the second one, and then further on in my pregnancy I sailed through it again (midwife made me do it again at 38 weeks cos I got so big!!)

No biggie, and if you do have GD, then it's just controlled by diet. One of the girls in my ante-natal group had it, and she just had to make sure she was eating properly with little to no cakes and junk.

Good luck!

I live in Waiuku so just a little town lol and whenever I go into the medlab at 8am theres no one there lol, it gets busy around lunch time I think. It opens at 7.30 so yeah, I will be going in inbetween 7.30 and 8am
It actually works out well, DF has a doc appointment at 9.30 and thats in the same building lol, so we can wander down there while we are waiitng for my blood tests etc.

Edited by Sheza

From memory, I dont think u are allowed to leave during the test.

i just reread your initial question properly, now I have had my caffeine fix and realised you asked "what they made you do" not "why they made you do it", so sorry my first response didn't answer your question at all.
You get the lovely drink and a blood test on arrival, then a blood test on the hour to 3 hours, then you can eat and drink, I'm not su you can drink water even in the meantime

Sheza wrote: so we can wander down there while we are waiitng for my blood tests etc.

They won't let you go Sheza, you have to stay in the waiting room. Sorry hun!

i dont know why they dont let you as long as you are back on time it sucks..i failed firs tone and sailed through second one..i fasted 12 hours..they then took blood...waited an hour and took blood waited an hour and took blood..i didnt feel as bad as i thought i would but i was never very hungry in the morning and they gave me a pillow:) so i was only there two hours..and i passed fine..most people do:)

The reason they don't let you go is that activity can affect the way that the sugar metabolises in your blood. I agree it is a bit silly, a quiet walk isn't exactly the same as a run round the block, but I guess it's all about ensuring consistent, accurate results.

I've never failed a Polycose but I did have 2 GTT's during my pregnancy with Maya (my midwife is a Nazi lol, and Maya was huuuuge for dates). They were icky, but in the grand scheme of things it's only 3 hours out of your life. I found the hardest part was not throwing up the icky drink on a empty stomach!

Good luck Sheza! If worst comes to worse and you do fail it there are a few ladies here that have had GD so will be able to give you some good advice/support.