blood glucose at home?

[Malishka31]

If i use a blood glucose meter and do the test at home can i figure out if i have gestational diabetes, or is the hospital glucose test somehow different. I would ask husband as he is in medical field but he is not home and i want to know now. I been eating lots of chocolate things and cereal and other ungodly things, but i dont gain weight but i need to know if am becoming gestationally dibetic.

[Moonrise]

How far along are you? You'll get the 'official' test done at your OB's regardless, but if you wanted you could certainly test at home with a glucosometer. Keep in mind the rates are lower for pregnant women, and your doctor may want you to be within a certain range. \

Me, I'd save my fingers for the official test and worry about GD then!

M and co.

[IrishMama]

I did the test at the doctor's office and although I "passed" the numbers were awfully close to the limit, (1 point off!) so I'm using a home meter to monitor and make sure I keep my levels as even as possible. It's helping me feel much better, though the doctor would say it's technically not necessary.

Home monitoring does give you a good idea of whether you're getting too low fasting or too high after meals. However, the doctor's office test is a "shock test" where they hit you with a glucose solution and see how quickly your body reacts. I am not sure it would be really effective to do it at home, even if you could get a bottle of the glucose solution to drink.