GCT (Glucose Challenge Test) Results

 

Glusose Challenge Test (GCT) Results

 

After 3 hours, I got my Glucose Challenge Test Results and was so happy to see my Glucose reading was only 114.71 mg/dl which is way lower than 140. That was indeed a relief!

 

When your results are 140 or above, you will most likely be advised to take the Glucose Tolerance Test or GTT in which you will go into a 10-hour fasting and you will also undergo 3 blood extractions in three hours. Urinalysis will also be done thrice in three hours to double-check your Glucose levels.

 

As someone who feared needles for a long time, i don’t think i would like to go into that hourly blood extraction thing. Thank Heavens, i pass the test with flying colors.

 

High glucose levels during pregnancy can mean you may develop gestational diabetes and that can also mean higher chances of delivery complications and getting a caesarian delivery as well, and I’m just so, so thankful I passed the screening.