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[sarakenobi]

I'm terrified of failing the 1-hour glucose test tomorrow. they are making me take it early because there was sugar in my urine at my last appointment. I don't even know what to do, do I eat breakfast or not do I fast? I don't remember. the OBGYN was fairly certain I'd fail it, because a lot of people do, but.... I'm still scared

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[kaitysma]

I had a glucose test a few weeks ago, also early because of the same problems. You can eat. They take the blood, you drink and come back in an hour for more blood but you can't eat for that hour. That is hard because its boring standing around. I drove around the neighborhood and then read a magazine. The doctor will call if you fail and then you will have the 3 hour test.

Mine came out fine though. If not it is better to know early on rather than later.

[sarakenobi]

i agree I'd like to know sooner, but I'm still nervous about it! and if I fail I totally don't want to do the 3 hour test. I have NO sick/vacation time at work and I HATE making up the extra hours :(

[conducts]

OH that glucose test really pisses me off. My first two pregnancies I failed the one hour (which is quite common, really). I did the three hour blood draw marathon for my oldest and hated it. I felt like crap, my arms were bruised, it wasted so much of my day... The second one I refused adamantly, and they said I could do it a different way. If I ate a huge breakfast from a list they gave me and came in at a specific time to have my blood drawn, I didn't have to do the three hour one. Why don't they just allow people to do it that way in the first place?!?!

Drinking a sugar bomb like that isn't natural. How can they expect your body to process it in a timely fashion?! Especially now, since I've cut out a LOT of sugar out of my diet, it'll only make me feel like crap and have me fail, AGAIN. And, I'm paying for it! Let me eat toast and orange juice and anything they want me to, just keep that lime crap outta my FACE.

*GAH*
/pregnant rant.

[sarakenobi]

haha! i'm really nervous about having it and diabetes is high in my family. I just went off metformin and wonder how that will affect everything... (its a drug for diabetics that I used bc I have PCOS) NOT FAIR AT ALL.

[conducts]

Expect to fail the one hour test.
The three hour test will be more accurate.

[sarakenobi]

thats what they told me too. i say this to my non-pregnant friends (that the dr. expected me to fail) and they are like OMG MEAN.

i just dont' WANT to do the 3 hour one, bc i hate losing work time.:-p

[casey1979]

i'm terrified of it as well, but i guess in a way i'm excited about it too. i'm terrified b/c if it turns out really really bad i hear they'll do a c-section, which i don't want AT ALL. but if it turns out slightly bad then i'll atleast have another motivation to eat better?? i dunno. i dont have diabetes in my family..and i've not eaten alot of sweet things like i used to..now they just kinda turn me off..
good luck tho
WHACK O Dream! i've had some FUCKED UP Dreams *scuse the language* the last couple weeks. i need to write them down too.
peace!

[sarakenobi]

they wouldn't HAVE to do a csection! but I'm just terrified because I'm afraid the diabetes won't go away afterwards and I don't want to miss work for the stupid test.

HAHAHA you should write them down bc they are SOO WEIRD. i have weird dreams all the time, but they are getting progressively weirder!

[casey1979]

i had a lengthy dream that i had my baby, it was a boy (which usually i dream it's a girl) and he had blonde hair and i was feeding him in a high chair and all of a sudden he said "thank you very much" and i was freaking out b/c he shouldn't talk so early! and he said "i'm really an alien buti can't keep cover anymore, the enemies have arrived and r planning on destroying the world!" so me, him, and my husband take off in this huge hummer kinda car and start rounding up people but OH NO we come up to a road block (the bad aliens dressed as humans) that r looking for my baby! it goes on from there and alot of running and hiding and it was just NUTS!!! it ended with me hugging my baby, who had turned back into an alien, and me thanking him for being the best baby ever. hahahaha

[sarakenobi]

HAHAHAHA OMG THAT IS TOO HILARIOUS