I am sitting here at the lab for my Glucose Tolerance Test. This is a whole new experience for me . My past 3 pregnancies www under the supervision of midwives (for the most part) and to check ky blood sugar levels, I tested like a diabetic for several days to get an idea of my sugars.
With this pregnancy, I am using an OB and took the one hour screen, which I failed. Soooooooooooooo here I sit, with all 3 of my kids (and belly baby). I got here on time, having fasted for about 10 hours, they drew my blood, and now I am waiting for the one hour draw…. Then I have to wait for the 2 and 3 hour draw. :-/ I read somewhere that only about 15% of women that are asked to take this one actually fail the 3 hour. I sure hope I pass!
I’m already bummed out enough that I am Group B Strep positive. It never went down to zero in my urine specimens, so I am on round 2 of antibiotics for that. 🙁
Forty minutes into this test, I’m feeling a little sick to ky stomach, hungry, and sleepy… Though I think that can be linked to waking up about 2 hours earlier than normal! I am going to keep you guys posted on this thing.
Have any of you gone through this test? I would love to hear your experiences!
I failed the 1 hr twice but passed the 3 hr both times! Hated the test tho, sure felt awful afterwards. 🙁 hope the time passes quickly for you!