Gestational Diabetes

[caseysmom]

I never had it, do they suspect a problem or is this routine now?

[sparks19]

I never had it, do they suspect a problem or is this routine now?

it's routine now apparently lol. You have to drink this drink and then wait an hour and then they take a blood sample and test your blood sugar levels and they also test your iron levels.

[Sirrahsim]

Do you know the drink orange Slice? It tastes like that only flat. If you don't mind orange soda then you probably won't mind that stuff to too much. If I remember correctly it is only an 8oz serving so even if you hate it it should go down pretty easy. The most annoying thing is having to sit around in the laboratory for an hour so they can get the 2 seperate blood samples.

[Sirrahsim]

the results will be more accurate if you fast but I suppose if you eat REALLY healthy it shouldn't mess with the results too bad

[sparks19]

the results will be more accurate if you fast but I suppose if you eat REALLY healthy it shouldn't mess with the results too bad

Well my test will be early in the morning anyway lol so I will have fasted overnight.

[catnapper]

Nobody I know has had any trouble, but I did have to drink that syrup last week. I spent two hours trying REALLY hard not to throuw it up. Think of drinking a bottle of orange soda without the fizzy part. Pure sweetness overload --- sticky and thick syrup.

[AdoreMyDogs]

I think it is routine, and yeah it's gross hehe. It wouldn't have been so bad if I could have had water afterwords, but you can't eat or drink anything for an hour after the test if I remember correctly. It's so thick and sweet, and to have to taste it in your mouth and not be able to wash it down with water is kind of gross, but it's not unbearable. Not pleasant but there are worse things

[JenBKR]

It's a routine test anymore. I haven't had mine yet, but my friend had hers recently. She said she got to choose the flavor of the drink, and she picked orange I think, and it wasn't too bad. She said the worst part was fasting for 12 hours. She also said that after that fasting, the drink wasn't bad at all because she was so hungry it was good to have something in her belly.

[sparks19]

It's a routine test anymore. I haven't had mine yet, but my friend had hers recently. She said she got to choose the flavor of the drink, and she picked orange I think, and it wasn't too bad. She said the worst part was fasting for 12 hours. She also said that after that fasting, the drink wasn't bad at all because she was so hungry it was good to have something in her belly.

REally? I was told I didn't have to fast.... I just couldn't have anything that had a lot of carbs or sugar in it.