I had my first glucose screening (1 hour test) on July 3rd afternoon, at 2 pm. I was so miserable because I had to fast before the test and silly me, I didn't schedule my test in the morning! So I had to contain my monstrous hunger throughout the day until the test. But, after doing some googling..some women say that you don't have to fast all day for the one-hour screening test...so I called my nurse and asked how long should I fast before the test.
She said 3 hours! I was so happy that I ate my one and only cereal bar that morning 3 hours before the test.
Long story short..that was the dumbest decision...I should not have eaten that cereal bar before the test! My result came out high (156 and the cut off was around 140) so I had to do the awesome 3-hours glucose test the following week *sob*
Mind you, this test involves a blood draw...needles... YUCK....but that first test involved only 1 blood draw after an hour of drinking sugary drink (taste like Fanta Orange but without the carbonation)
****3-Hour Glucose Test ***
This time, I was a bit smarter..scheduled my test at 8 am on July 12th.. lol. I had to fast 12 hours before the test and I did not want to take any chances, I only drank tiny sips of water after midnight.
This test involves 4 times of blood draws (before drinking the sugary drink, and after each hour)..sounds like fun, eh?
I got poked 5 times....1 failed attempt on my left arm, the lab girl could not draw the blood after poking my vein and moving the needle several times.....yuck yuck yuck..
Long story short..2 days later I got my phone call.....I passed the test! Hallelujah!!!
I never ever want to go through that again...no thank you!
Thank God that I don't have a gestational diabetes and everything is normal for me and the baby.
If you are curious, you may find more about the glucose test on this link:
http://www.babycenter.com/0_glucose-screening-and-glucose-tolerance-tests_1483.bc
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