Blood Sugar Levels Normal

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i have pcos and i am currently 8 weeks with a natural pregnancy,
as a precaution i had my blood sugar levels checked as a lot of pcos sufferers are insulin resistant.
i got my results yesterday which were 5.2 which the nurse tells me is normal (normal being anywhere between 3.5 and 5.5)
i had to fast for 10 hours before the test, so my question is,
how accurate is the test after fasting?
and does a blood sugar result of 5.2 mean i’m deffinately not insulin resistant?

i have to wait a few weeks for an ovarian scan to rule out PCOS as the cause of my irregular, infrequent menstrual cycle, & i heard insulin resistance can cause this. i have had many blood tests done before, one a few weeks back, and my glucose levels are always normal. is it likely i could have insulin resistance despite this? i am BMI of 20.5.

Hi. I had a 2 hour glucose tolerance test done where my blood was taken before I drank the liquid, and then once 2 hours after. My blood sugar levels came back normal, but they didn’t take my insulin levels. I heard that you can still have normal blood sugar levels if you’re insulin resistance (but your body just makes more insulin than normal?) I asked my doctor about this, but he says checking my insulin levels isn’t necessary at all. So, do I need to have my insulin levels checked as well to rule insulin resistance out?