AC1 glycohemoglobin test for gestational diabetes?

If you have a normal AC1 glycohemoglobin test but haven't yet taken the 1 hour glucose challenge test, is it safe to assume that you do not have Gestational Diabetes?

Sorry, I meant A1C.

No!!

Your sugars can elevate quickly in pregnancy and the A1C test measures the last 120 days!!!!

The A1C is a clever test.

It measures the percentage of the red blood cell coating which is covered by sugar.

Normally, this is less than 6%.

However, if your sugar rises - it only elevates the A1C by 1/120 each day (hope that makes sense?)

So you could move into diabetes long before the A1C moved into the diabetic range.

(But a nice, low A1C is reassuring and means your sugars have been fine overall for the last 4 months).

No, The HA1C test measure the glucose average over a period of 3 months. The Glucose challenge test measures your bodies ability to lower sugar in a 3 hour time span. You could have gestational diabetes with having a normal A1C.

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I have a normal A1C, and also when I was pregnant. But I did have gestational diabetes which did not resolve after childbirth.

My A1C, btw, is 5.5-5.6

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