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    gestational diabetes while low carb--Is the test wrong if I don't carb-load for days before?

    @reneelittledempsey Anger/disappointment are not the emotions at the top of my list--Alarm and deep concern about the health of my baby and myself are. Treating diabetes wrong is as dangerous as not treating it at all and after getting off the phone with multiple Diabeties clinics, it is clear...
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    gestational diabetes while low carb--Is the test wrong if I don't carb-load for days before?

    @hollyroller7 The 3 hour version is not being administered properly by the local diabeaties physicians (they do not tell you to go off specific meds nor do they tell you to eat at least 150g carbs before....I just called multiple to schedule one)...If they don't do the test right for low carb...
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    gestational diabetes while low carb--Is the test wrong if I don't carb-load for days before?

    @hollyroller7 I appreciate your comments and links :). I take the advice here as starting points for research and not medical advice so in my case I don't think your stepping out of your lane. I am not really low carb because I watch my carbs/dieting etc., I do it because I get splitting...
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    gestational diabetes while low carb--Is the test wrong if I don't carb-load for days before?

    I am on a low-carb diet and have been for years (about 50-100 g/day). I was tested for gestational diabetes using the following protocol: on March 7: about 2 hours after eating 2 hard boiled eggs and an espresso with cream: HBA1C 4.9% or 30.1 mmol/L Blood sugar in Serum: 70 mg/dL on March...
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