Woo hoo! I made it to 3rd tri today! I
thought i'd never get here..I'm so
happy..
And I failed my 1 hr glucose test on
wednesday so on monday I have to go back
and take the 3 hr one..Im soo scared, I
hate having bloodtests..Theyre so rough
over there..How am I gonna handle having 3
or 4 in one day?
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pinkbaby
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 618 Location: Arizona
Posted: 02-05-05 22:06pm
What?!?!?! I have to go do that on
monday!! What is it?? I thought I just
have to drink something orange and yucky?
How do you fail?
Rach help me!!!
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Krista Kai
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 380 Location: Virginia
Posted: 02-05-05 22:09pm
Congrats on your 3rd trimester!! :)
and tell me more about this glucose test
thing, cuz i've got on coming up pretty
soon too.
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rachrach
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 413 Location: Hawaii
Posted: 02-05-05 22:10pm
Yeah, you take the one hour test which is
drinking that super sugary orange
drink..The drink isnt too bad though..And
you wait an hour, they take a
bloodtest...The normal level is 139, thats
what they told me..And my level was 154 (i
knew I shouldnt have been eating too much
sugary stuff)...And anyways if you fail
that one hour test, you gotta go back and
take a 3 hr one..You have to drink that
orangey drink again, once an hour..And
every hour they take a bloodtest..So I
thought that meant 3 bloodtests total, but
then someone told me they take 4? And if
I fail this one then I have gestational
diabetes and they said i'll have to take
insulin =( idk im sooo scared..They
really are rough when they give me
bloodtests..I almost fainted once..
I hope you pass yours, good luck!!
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Krista Kai
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 380 Location: Virginia
Posted: 02-05-05 22:12pm
That doesn't sound too awfully bad, as
long as you don't have to go the whole
time without peeing. :lol:
good luck with your 3 hour test! :)
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rachrach
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 413 Location: Hawaii
Posted: 02-05-05 22:15pm
Thanks!
And yeah, they let me pee when I had to,
lol..You just cant eat or drink anything
for the hour until after the bloodtest..
And for my test on monday..I cant eat or
drink anything after 10 pm tomorrow..
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Krista Kai
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 380 Location: Virginia
Posted: 02-05-05 22:18pm
Omg i'm so hungry so much now that not
being able to eat anything would be almost
as bad as not being able to pee. :lol:
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rachrach
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 413 Location: Hawaii
Posted: 02-05-05 22:19pm
I know! It's gonna be hard for me because
I drink water throughout the whole night,
i'm constantly thirsty...
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pinkbaby
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 618 Location: Arizona
Posted: 02-05-05 22:42pm
I always eat "dinner" after 10, well we go
to chevron everynight and get chips,
candy, donuts, and cookies, real good
dinner, huh?
So should I not eat sweets before I go, or
what?
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rachrach
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 413 Location: Hawaii
Posted: 02-05-05 22:56pm
I have no idea actually, if eating sweets
before you go will make a difference or
not..I know the day I took the 1 hr test,
I had a cookie right before I went, lol..
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Kourtney08
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 May 2004 Posts: 937 Location: Alaska
Posted: 02-06-05 00:12am
Quote:
woo hoo! I made
it to 3rd tri today! I thought i'd never
get here..I'm so happy..
And I failed my 1 hr glucose test on
wednesday so on monday I have to go back
and take the 3 hr one..Im soo scared, I
hate having bloodtests..Theyre so rough
over there..How am I gonna handle having 3
or 4 in one day?
oh man, I hated that test! I failed it
to, so I had to go back and do the 1 hour
one, and the second time they took my
blood I threw up the stuff, and had to
come back the next week, and finally did
it and passed. It was so frusterating! I
hope it all goes well for you.
I don't know if you saw my other post, but
I asked if you used to go to www.Bolt.Com I go on
the pregnancy boards there I thought for
sure I saw your pictures before. But
there were lots more.
Also, I didn't think you were allowed to
eat anything before you got the test done?
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l2at24
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Nov 2004 Posts: 1509
Re: Pinkbaby.... Posted: 02-06-05 15:18pm
jlee77
wrote:
don't worry! It's just
this really sweet orange drink you drink.
The purpose of the test is to test for
gestational diabetes, something you can
get with pregnancy. I have mine in 2
weeks. It's standard around 24-28 weeks,
all preggo's get it.
Rachrach...That sucks you have to fast
after 10pm. My Dr. Office said since a
year ago things changed and you don't have
to "fast". Hmmm....Some offices are
different. I can eat before I go and
everything!
i was allowed to eat too, but nothing too
sweet. And I forgot and drank oj and I
was sooo scared, but it was fine. It's
like that with pediatricians too. Some
say baby can't do this or that, and others
say it's fine. It's so confusing.
Thank you god for our intuition. I
usually just do what I 'feel' is best
unless there's some proof otherwise (as
far as the girls are concerned).
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l2at24
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Nov 2004 Posts: 1509
Re: Pinkbaby.... Posted: 02-06-05 15:18pm
jlee77
wrote:
don't worry! It's just
this really sweet orange drink you drink.
The purpose of the test is to test for
gestational diabetes, something you can
get with pregnancy. I have mine in 2
weeks. It's standard around 24-28 weeks,
all preggo's get it.
Rachrach...That sucks you have to fast
after 10pm. My Dr. Office said since a
year ago things changed and you don't have
to "fast". Hmmm....Some offices are
different. I can eat before I go and
everything!
i was allowed to eat too, but nothing too
sweet. And I forgot and drank oj and I
was sooo scared, but it was fine. It's
like that with pediatricians too. Some
say baby can't do this or that, and others
say it's fine. It's so confusing.
Thank you god for our intuition. I
usually just do what I 'feel' is best
unless there's some proof otherwise (as
far as the girls are concerned).
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jessamyn
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Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 4116 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: 02-07-05 05:56am
It all depends on your system I had to
take 3 of them! Only 2 with the drink
though! Just follow all the rules and the
eating reccommendations for before hand
