3rd Trimester

Just drank the glucose test stuff.

It's really not as terrible as I had been led to believe.

If you listen to a lot of the women on the boards, they all say "omg, it was so bad and I puked before I even got it down!"

But seriously... if you haven't done the 1-hour yet, it's really not that bad.  I had the orange flavor and it just tastes like a cheap brand of sort-of flat orange soda.  Not delicious, but definitely bearable.

Now I get to get to drive to the hospital, get my blood drawn, then hear LO's heart beat again! Big Smile

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Re: Just drank the glucose test stuff.

  • No - the taste isn't that bad.  It just didn't settle well in my stomach, and that's when I puked it all back up....

    Good luck.  :)

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  • I had no problem with the one hour either but for the three hour.... It was lemon lime flavor and they could not find a vein. I got sick all over them and had to go back for it a second time after having sat there for 2 hours! It wasn't the flavor but the way my body processed the stuff and not having been able to eat before hand that made me so sick! I had to take zofran before the 2nd test. I hope you pass the one hour so you don't have to go through the 3.
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  • It tasted like the sugar juice stuff they put in snow cones!  For me it wasn't horrible but how it made me feel was the worst!

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  • I totally agree with you on that one! I didnt think it tasted bad.. it just tasted like orange pop that had lots of sugar in it! lol Luckily my sister and a few friends had all told me that they didnt know what all the fuss was about because they all thought too that it just tasted like orange pop so I wasnt dreading going for the test and no GD for me = )
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  • I agree, not bad to get down, but the burn.  I had to do the three hour, too...that throat burn from the sugar didn't go away the entire time until I could wash it away with some water!
  • no its not that bad. i drank mine in like two seconds this time and it did nothing to me.  GL!
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  • I had the 'fruit punch' drink and it tasted like concentrated Hawaiian Punch. Not something I would request to drink but it certainly wasn't the worst thing I've ever had. It was tolerable. Nothing like that berry drink they give you before an MRI.
  • I just sipped it, I've done it twice and have to do it again at 28wks (sorry lurking). If you let it get warm then it's horrid!

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  • I agree with PPs, the problem isn't the taste, it's how it makes you feel. About 45 minutes after I took it I felt incredibly nauseous.
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  • imagemjm123:
    I agree with PPs, the problem isn't the taste, it's how it makes you feel. About 45 minutes after I took it I felt incredibly nauseous.

     Agreed.. especially on an empty stomach and not being able to drink even water for the hour that you have to wait. It's really not THAT bad.. but it's in no way enjoyable!

  • But I did enjoy watching my belly move like crazy during the hour wait!
  • What a coincidence... I'm getting ready to drink my orange glucose drink as well.   :)  I'm trying to let DH sleep in a little though....
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  • I kinda liked mine. It was like flat sprite. She was like Please try to get this down in 5 min. It took 1. :P
  • I dreaded it the first time around because everyone said how awful and terrible it is...and like you, I didn't think it was bad at all. I of course would not drink it everyday for fun, but I wasn't about to puke everywhere.  I drink mine tomorrow AM and I am hoping I pass the first time around.
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  • Ugh, I'm one of those who thought it was awful.  I had a hard time keeping it down. 

    I'm glad you are doing OK with it :-)

  • Well, I failed the 1-hour test. Sad

    The acceptable range is 75-139.  Mine was 153.  Boo.

    So I get to go back in a couple of weeks to do the 3-hour.

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  • I just drank this this morning too. I was so dreading it because of how much I had heard about how gross it was and just a generally unpleasant experience overall. At first I was wonderinf what the big deal was. I mean no, it is not something I would choose to drink ever but it wasn't totally disgusting (the taste). However, it did make me feel a bit nauseous for a while afterwards. So yes, thoroughly unpleasant but probably not worth how much I dreaded it. Of course, I have yet to get my results so that might change my persepctive a little.
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