Glucose testing - Part 2...

I failed my 1 hour glucose test. I finally scheduled my 3-hour test. As much as I was dreading it, it had to be done. The only time I could get an appointment was in the middle of the day and I had to go to work first. I fasted from the night before so I hadn't had anything to eat all morning. As a pregnant person, this made me pretty miserable. My apologies to my co-workers.

I left work for my appointment and went to the lab. They drew blood first. Now at this point, I am almost getting used to the needles. I didn't like it, but I didn't get all worked up while they tied up my arm. I couldn't watch while they did it but I didn't think I was going to die either. I was very proud of myself. Then I drank the orange liquid. Keep in mind that I still have not had any food and I was STARVING. The liquid curbed my hunger momentarily. Then I had to sit and wait for an hour. I was told not to leave the office.

About 45 minutes into the first hour, I started getting shaky. I stuck it out and they finally called me for my next blood test.

This time was a little worse. I was cranky and I just wanted to get it over with. But they couldn't get a good vein. They stuck me twice on one arm and had to switch to the other. Now I was grossed out. They got their vial of blood and I had to drink my orange cocktail once again. And I had to wait another hour.

Test number 3. This time they stuck me once and couldn't get a vein so they went to the hand. They got their blood and gave me my drink. I honestly didn't know how I didn't pass out at this point. I just kept thinking - "Only sixty more minutes". The worst part was that all of the magazines in the office were from 2 years ago. And I had forgotten a book so I was stuck reading old garbage. When that hour was done, I got my last blood test. They didn't even attempt my arm and just took it from my hand.

Now I had to wait for the results. I knew about 500 women that were pregnant around the same time I was. It was probably closer to 10 but that is still a lot. Almost 1/2 of them had to go for the 3-hour test and none of then failed it. So I was optimistic. Really I was just thankful that there wasn't a 6-hour test! To be continued...