How to pass the polycose test

Avoid any fruits, my mum had a pineapple toasted sandwich before hers and they told her she had an abnormal result so she had to do it again and they were really baffled but turns out she hadn't been told not to eat anything beforehand so she ate normally. HTH, probably not though sorry!

If I'm right then the polycose test is only the hour long one. They test the levels when you first get there then you wait an hour and test again. I guess if you don't eat sugary stuff the hour or so before you should be fine.

My polycose was fine, I had a GTT when I was 19 weeks and then the polycose at 27 weeks like everyone and both were well within normal.

TBH and I'm not attacking you at all I don't understand why your so concerned about having the polycose. Surely if you have GD you would be wanting to keep ontop of it and most of the time it can be controlled by food. So no starchy things like white bread, potatoes etc if you have it.

I'm not sure why you are against having the test done when it is in the best interest of your and your baby's health? Gestation Diabetes is not something the Dr's "make up". Pregnancy hormones can block the action of insulin which regulates the amount of sugar in your blood. It can have serious complications for yourself and your baby if unmanaged.

The polycose test is not actually that definitive, it tests your body's response to glucose but as it is not a fasting test the results can be skewed by diet. So don't eat jam or honey toast for breakfast! It's only a screening test so won't give you a diagnosis it is designed to identify women who may have a problem and need more testing to find out. So a positive result doesn't mean that you have gestational diabetes. Women often fail it and go on to pass the GTT (glucose tolerance test).


Edited by Mrs_B

freckle wrote: I didn't think what you did the day before would make much difference?? cos you have the drink and the point is to monitor how your body processes that sugar in the hour isn't it?

Yep but if you eat Jam or something immediately before your test your BGL is possibly going to be higher to start with so your end result is likely to be higher IYGWIM? But no what you eat the day before is not going to effect the result.

freckle wrote: I thought you weren't suppose to eat anything beforehand....

You don't have to fast for the polycose test but you do for the GTT.

You just have to make sure it's not too sugary - I was told marmite on toast was OK but not honey on toast.

I also wonder if KW's question has been misinterpreted and she's asking more about how she makes sure the results are accurate, that she doesn't do unintentionally anything to artificially increase them??

I was told to just eat like normal so that the test gave a good indicator of what your blood sugar levels were like at a normal time. I ate normally the day before, plus had a piece of cake that night! and then ate my normal breakfast of cereal and fruit before going to the test. My results came back within the normal range.