I skipped my 3 hour and just excepted my 1 hour fail. Been diet and exercise controlled the whole time. No reason to put that nasty drink in your body a second time.

I tested all tree times only one hour. And the last pregnancy I had I had to have meds for and now this one no meds my last a1c was 4.9 so I'm keeping it controlled very well with diet

My doctor let me skip both the 1 hour and 3 hour and just test at home for 2 weeks and fax in my numbers. I already know I have it because of some of my numbers but she said she could give me the diagnosis from the results.

Oh, and also, if your supplies ore from your 3 year old, you will need new ones anyway. My daughter is 2 and they said they were all WAY too old to be accurate, and I did notice a big difference in my values when I got new stuff. So don't rely on your old supplies too much, just FYI.

I also had GD with my first pregnancy, so this time I asked to skip the 1 hour instead, and my dr sent me straight to a 2 hour. It at least saved me one trip to the lab and a couple of extra draws. I haven't had any problems with insurance or anything, they have all accepted the 2 hour as a diagnosis. I think it's just the 1 hour that is considered a "screening" and not a "test," so they won't accept that unless you're super high on it. Oddly enough I only failed by 4 points though, which is weird because my BG went up within a couple of weeks and I'm already on insulin 3 weeks later. Makes me wonder what would have happened if I passed, so I would have monitored myself as if I had it anyway just like you mentioned.

I asked but my insurance wouldn't pay for supplies or GD meds without me failing the 3 hr. I wish I'd been able to skip it, but since I'm now on insulin, it's a good thing I did bc that stuff is not cheap

Thank you I will talk to my Dr and see if I can go without!

I also opted out of the 3-hour for the same reasons you mentioned - health concerns & sake of time w/a 2-year-old to consider. My midwife was fine with it. I got a 194 on the 1-hour, I think it was 185 the first time around. And I tested at 16 weeks this time. My insurance has covered everything.

I didn't have to take 3 hr on my second pregnancy. I failed the 1 hr and they were fine diagnosing it with just that since I'd had gd in my first pregnancy

I skipped my 3 hour this time (second time with gd) because my one hour was so high my dr automatically diagnosed me . I don’t think insurance necessarily automatically refuses . Mine didn’t but I did get over 200 on my one hour .