Yuck...That Glucose Tolerance Test
- Thread starter Jennifit
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gidget1978
Cathlete
I had to take the 3 hour test and it was so GROSS! I remember it well, even though it was 10 yrs ago
I was very sick for the first 5 monthes of my pregnancy, after the 5th month I started to feel better so I was eating better and I gained 10 lbs. Because I gained 10 lbs in one month they made me get testing done! Hello????? I have been starving for the last 5 monthes.
This time I asked my Dr is there anything I could do to avoid it but he said they do testing anyway;(
Lori
I was very sick for the first 5 monthes of my pregnancy, after the 5th month I started to feel better so I was eating better and I gained 10 lbs. Because I gained 10 lbs in one month they made me get testing done! Hello????? I have been starving for the last 5 monthes.This time I asked my Dr is there anything I could do to avoid it but he said they do testing anyway;(
Lori
I had to do the 3-hour test about a month ago. It was torturous! The stuff you have to drink (100 gram glucose solution) is twice as strong as the 1-hour (50 gram) screening. I nearly passed out during the first hour. I was extremely nauseous. By the time they took my last blood sample, I was shaking from the glycemic response! I went immediately to Applebees and had some protein! Then took the rest of the day off work because I felt lousy.
Hope you get good results today!
Tina
Hope you get good results today!
Tina
maybe I'm completely out of the loop with this - but why do a glucose tolerance test? I was told that they will start testing my blood sugar levels at every appt from 28 weeks b/c diabetes runs in my family. But, I got the impression it was a blood test? yikes! this glucose tolerance test sounds really unpleasant!