Nice..no orange glucose drink for me this time

Harper'smom · November 2011

I discovered an unexpected benefit of my birth center at my appt. yesterday. I had to wait awhile for my blood draw because another expectant mother was having a timed blood draw. I made the comment "oh, the orange drink" and was informed that at the birth center they don't do the orange drink. You get to eat a very specific qty. of real foods that include apple juice, banana, and honey. You also don't have to be baby sat in a crappy lab waiting room, they trust you to show up at the right time. Trust...what a novel idea.

I didn't mind the orange drink too much last time but since I had tried to avoid soda and stuff with a lot of food coloring I thought it was a little wierd.

MsCat19 · November 2011

Whoo hoo for you! And your DD is so cute it makes me want to pinch her little cheeks right through the computer! Oh my goodness!

Harper'smom · November 2011

MsCat19:
Whoo hoo for you! And your DD is so cute it makes me want to pinch her little cheeks right through the computer! Oh my goodness!

Aww, thank you! It is so hard to get her to smile at the camera without making a stinky face these days. :-)

pepomntpat · November 2011

That's great! I had the glucose drink about my birth center, but I was trusted to show up on time. Fair enough compromise.

Also, I love your new siggy pic!

Rosebud2587 · November 2011

I didn't have to have the orange drink either. They tested for GD though blood work for me.

iris427 · November 2011

Real food sounds SO much better than those nasty drinks. I almost threw up drinking that stuff.

mhickey12 · November 2011

Same here. I drank one cup of chocolate milk for my test! Way better than the gross orange stuff!

Brownie_222 · November 2011

Yay! My birth center let me pick between real food and the drink, too. I went for the food.

You're so right about the trust thing, too.

mikah.george · November 2011

I almost threw up when I drank the drink last time. Everything is making me sick this time, so I might convince them to just let me do something else instead.

It's not like I eat sugar as it is so I'm not worried about it anyway.