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Early Glucose Tolerance Test

Phoebe623Phoebe623 member
in September 2011 Moms

So, because of my family risk factors, I had to do a 10-12 week glucose test.

I went today and I drank the sugary drink next to the restroom "just in case", but it wasn't as bad as I had thought it would be after listening to the horrors of the drink.

It wasn't the BEST flavor, but tolerable.  

Since I could do it in the first trimester with the stomach being weak, I wanted to post some encouragement that you can make it through this in about another 10 or so weeks too!

Of course, this was only the one hour.... I have heard the three hour is worse, and I hopefully won't be able to report back about that since it would mean I failed the one hour!

Happy Saturday all!

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  • Jo&Matt6609Jo&Matt6609
    I'm glad it wasn't as bad as you thought! Do you know if everyone has to do a 1 hour glucose test? Or is it if you fail the initial test?
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  • lovelyophelialovelyophelia member

    I failed the one hour. I took the 3 hour on Wednesday. I still haven't heard from the doctor. So I'm taking it as no news is good news. I just hope they don't call and ruin my weekend.

    The worst part of the 3 hour is how crappy you feel the rest of the day and I nearly blacked out again at the end. 

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  • lmjtlmjt
    If you have issues with sugar, you can ask to just take the 3 hour test. It sounds like punishment, but I found it much easier to get sick once rather than fail the 1 hour (which I always will) and then have to get sick again for the 3 hour. I have hypoglycemia, so the glucose test killed me with DS. I am following a GD diet now and hoping that they let me skip it if I continue the diet to the end. I already take my blood sugar regularly, so its not like we don't know what's happening after I eat.
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  • ShannonSkyShannonSky member
    I had to take it like 3 or 4 times with DD and it sucked worse each time. The taste of that drink haunts me...lol. I have to do one before 16 weeks, and last time around, I failed that 1 hour, so I had to do the 3 hour, then I had to do another 3 hour around the "normal" time in pregnancy, then I think I was supposed to do another one again a bit later, but I had DD early. 
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  • lovelyophelialovelyophelia member

    imageShannonSky:
    I had to take it like 3 or 4 times with DD and it sucked worse each time. The taste of that drink haunts me...lol. I have to do one before 16 weeks, and last time around, I failed that 1 hour, so I had to do the 3 hour, then I had to do another 3 hour around the "normal" time in pregnancy, then I think I was supposed to do another one again a bit later, but I had DD early. 

    What drink did you get stuck with? I went into take the 1 hour one time and had to come back because I threw up the Lemon-Lime one. Only luck I seem to have is with Orange.

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  • Phoebe623Phoebe623 member

    I had orange! 

    Although I was advised that Cola was better than them all if your place has that one.  Mine only had orange, so it wasn't a tough decision!

    I wish you could know right away if you would need to do the 3 hour so you could begin mentally "preparing" for it!

    Not that I wish early testing on anyone, but I am glad I am not alone in the early GD test!

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  • Jo&Matt6609Jo&Matt6609
    Thanks for answering my question, ladies :) 
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  • lovelyophelialovelyophelia member
    imagePhoebe623:

    I had orange! 

    Although I was advised that Cola was better than them all if your place has that one.  Mine only had orange, so it wasn't a tough decision!

    I wish you could know right away if you would need to do the 3 hour so you could begin mentally "preparing" for it!

    Not that I wish early testing on anyone, but I am glad I am not alone in the early GD test!

    Lemon-lime is by far the worst. Fruit Punch sucked, but was tolerable. I've never heard of the Cola!

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  • Amanda&EricBAmanda&EricB member
    I have to do the one hour test on Wednesday. I'm dreading it because all liquid medicines have the same effect on me- they come right back up. NyQuil, Mylanta, Pepto, cough medicine, etc. The nurse I talked to on the phone told me to bring a straw, and they would make sure the stuff was super cold. She told me that a lot of women have this problem and both of those things make it a little better.
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