Glucose Test

I had my glucose test today.  Definitely not fun, but not as bad as I thought.  Basically you must arrive after fasting for 8 hrs...MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT FOR FIRST THING IN THE MORNING!!!!!  That is my tip.  My appointment was 8am.  So you get one vial of blood drawn and then you must drink a sugary drink and finish it within 5 mins.  I got the choice between fruit punch or orange drink.  I picked fruit punch.  The drink was not that bad, everyone complains about the nasty drink, but I thought it was fine. Then you wait one hour and get more blood drawn and then you wait one more hour and the final blood drawn.  So the worst part was waiting and needle stick. 

My husband had to work so my friend came with me.  Also there were two girls about my age and pregnant (obviously since they were there for a gluc. test too)  who were really nice.  So the 4 of us chatted and that made the time speed by.  Since all but my friend were pregnant (but she works with pregnant women being a pro photographer) we talked babies which is the one thing that a preggo wants to talk about.  So make an 8am appointment, bring a friend, and chat with nice people in the waiting room.  It will make the time go so much faster.