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Pickaway Health Services & Berger Maternity Center
Prenatal Information -- Pregnancy Guide
One-hour glucose tolerance test:
This test should be done between 24-28 weeks. You should take your order sheet to registration downstairs and they will
send you to the lab. The lab technician will have you drink some syrup and you will wait one hour. At the end of the hour
the lab tech will draw your blood. Your blood will be tested to see how much sugar is still in your blood. If the results
are high you will need to have the three-hour glucose tolerance test performed.
Three-hour glucose tolerance test:
This test is necessary only if the result of your one-hour test is high. The test is the same except that they will draw
one tube of blood every hour for three hours after you drink the syrup. If the results of you three-hour test are high you
will have to monitor your blood sugar levels at home for the remainder of your pregnancy.
Gestational diabetes:
If you are diagnosed with gestational diabetes you will need to monitor your blood sugar levels at home on a regular basis.
It is important to keep your levels well maintained to prevent other problems in the pregnancy. High levels of sugar in the
blood can result in a very large baby. You will also be sent to the labor and delivery unit for non-stress testing twice
a week for the rest of your pregnancy.
Non-stress testing:
If you are told you need a non-stress test you should report to the maternity unit. For this test we simply place two belts
around your abdomen. One belt monitors your baby's heart rate, and the other monitor checks for contractions. You should eat
before coming to the maternity unit for this test. Also, this test can take anywhere from 20 minutes to a couple of hours,
so plan accordingly.
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