Glucose tolerance test 🤦🏼♀️
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I would retest just to be sure GD is dangerous if untreated. With my last pregnancy I was adamant I didn't have it and wasn't going to show up for the test and boom I had it 😂 it's disgusting I know but it's for the greater good id just take a handheld fan and some water to sip on to make the nausea go away x
Having GD isn’t as scary as you think, I’ve been diagnosed with it and I had to have the test due to high bmi and if managed correctly it’s not major change in your day to day life x
GD can be very dangerous if untreated - i think it’s quite irresponsible to lie to your doctor about anything but especially this. I have no idea if this even affected your result- but you definitely should have been honest. I had no sugar in my urine and I was diagnosed after the GTT. It’s really not as bad as people think, you just prick your finger a couple times a day, i’ve not really had to change my diet at all. I would call your midwife and say that you were sick, and see if they think you should do the test again. i know the test isn’t nice, but it’s well worth the two hours of nausea to make sure baby is okay and reduce any risk if you do get diagnosed❤️
I thought it just tastes like a flat lucazade🤣 GD can be dangerous for baby thats why its done, i would probably just get it done, whats a couple of hours compared to health i feel xx
The drink itself didn’t taste bad. I thought it tasted like really watered down calpol 🤣 I managed to keep it down for maybe half hour but after that I just felt so dizzy and sick and felt like i was going to pass out ( two other women in the room did 😳) I’m going to speak to my midwife about it and see what she says. I don’t think I threw a lot of it back up maybe a third 🩷
I declined mine and just asked for a random fasting blood test, no need to drink a nasty sugary drink. My midwife agreed.
I threw mine up after 2 hours but nurse said it should be fine to test, came back no GD x
I have mine first week of January and I'm dreading it 😭
Honestly it’s not as bad as it sounds 🩷 the drink just tastes like water with some calpol in it. Just make sure you eat well the day before and get enough rest 🩷 I think my experience was a bad one because I only had a sandwich the day before because I’ve really gone off food and I didn’t sleep a wink because I was so stressed 🩷 I’d probably recommend layers of clothing you can take off ( it can get quite warm in waiting rooms) and maybe a big water bottle with ice in 🩷
My bmi said it was high but came back all fine that drink was horrible i throw up half of it then drunk other half n got told it was okay to test