Glucose test
I have my glucose test this month. I’m pregnant with my first and have no idea how to prep or what to expect! I know all obgyn’s are different but does anyone have any tips???
i’m 26wks & 5days!!
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You’ll have a blood test, be given a drink, have to wait an hour or so and then do another blood test. Don’t eat anything from 8pm the night before ( if the test is 9ish in the morning) but you can sip water. Tasted like really strong undiluted orange squash to me. Drink it with in 5 minutes. Pick a film or TV episode to watch whilst you wait on your phone, and then plan/ buy/ go out to get your current favourite food after because you’ll be starving. I had to do it twice my pregnancy, if you have it they’ll call you with in 24 hours usually. If not they won’t tell you the results but that could vary from place to place.
You got this. Is not as bad as I thought and the drink taste is okay.
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Some doctors tell you to fast beforehand but mine never told me that for the 1 hr test but I stuck to a very simple/plain meal beforehand to make sure I could last an hour without eating or drinking because if you get sick you have to redo it. They give you 5 minutes to drink the drink (tasted like a flat orange soda to me) and it never takes me that long but then you just sit for an hour without eating/drinking/chewing gum and then do the blood draw