Glucose Anyone?

Glucose Anyone?

Someone please tell me why they put pregnant women through these glucose test? I mean yes I get it, its a vital part of ensuring the health of the baby and the mother. But really, there’s no better way to do this?

Last week, I have to do the 1hr glucose test. You come into the office, they draw your blood and then give you the most nastiest drink that you have to finish in less than 5 minutes. And they have the nerve to offer flavors for this drink, as if that makes it any better. After you finish the drink, you have to wait 1hr for another blood draw and then you’re out the door. Easy enough right????

Nope because the next day the doctors office called to say, you didn’t fail but the numbers were elevated and so my doctor wanted me to return for a 3hr glucose test. Wait- I thought this was a pass or fail kind of test!!!! If I didn’t fail, that means I passed right LOL.

And that leads me to this week, the 3hr glucose test. Now that was a test of my faith, patience, and stamina. With this test, you come in to do a blood draw first. Then they give you the same nasty drink and continue to do blood draws each hour for 3 hours straight. My appointment was at 9:20a and I didn’t get out of there until almost 1:00p. To prep for this test, you can’t eat or drink after 12:00a the night before, which of course caused nausea and severe headaches. But the first thing I did when I left that office was to find FOOD!!!