Had my doctor's appointment and glucose challenge test today.
To test for gestational diabetes, they make you drink a sugary beverage, sit around for an hour, and then draw a blood sample to see how your body's processing the sugar. So I had a styrofoam cup filled with what looked and tasted like flat RC Cola this morning at 8:15. Yum-may.
In the meantime, I sat around and had my quickie check-up. I'm now 155lbs (up 4lbs from three weeks ago). Blood pressure was 120 over 58. Belly measurements and baby heartbeat were all good. I asked the doctor whether the "glucose drink" was actually just flat generic cola. He said no, it was a special brew. Sometimes it's orange or Sprite flavored; depends on what's available in the catalog. But it is supposed to have a little fizz to it.
Then, we made our next few appointments (we're on the every two weeks plan now) and I got my blood drawn, which was fine. Until I got out to the car and realized that my band-aid was completely soaked through. When I started bleeding through the Dunkin Donuts napkin that I added for absorbency, I headed back in to the doctor's office.
"Um, hi. This won't stop bleeding."
They sent me back into the examination room, where I sat with my arm up over my head for about 5 minutes. Doctor came in, looked at the hole in my arm, declared it okay (she must have nicked a blood vessel), and put a new band-aid on.
It was a very exciting morning. (Not really.) Hopefully the test results will come back all clear, because I'm really getting into Oreos again.
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When I did mine, no one thought to tell me to fast beforehand. Needless to say, I found out the hard way that having a Krispy Kreme for breakfast is a good way to fail.
The 3-hour test is a PITA, by the way. XP
Doh. They were actually pretty adamant that I didn't have to fast for this one. The nurse just told me not to overdo the sugar on the morning of. So I had grape nuts and unsweetened sun tea.
I've been hitting the sugar pretty hard since, though. I figure if I do get undesired results, I'll have stocked up on sugar in advance.
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