I had my 3-hour glucose tolerance test this morning. i should find out on monday whether i passed or not and i have an appointment to go in to see my new endo later next week (which will be bumped up if i fail the test). the drink for the 3 hour is twice as sweet as the 1-hour, but it is the same quantity.. which was good. i literally chugged it and got it down in about 15 seconds. the burps still came, but since i didn't have to continue drinking anything, i had no trouble keeping it down.
the bloodwork was a bit of a pain.. i'm a really tough stick to start with, and luckily their good vampire was working today.. i managed to have 4 blood draws with only 5 sticks.. which is unheard of when i'm dehydrated (no water since midnight)..
the toughest part was the wait. there are two chairs in the waiting room that are much more comfortable than the rest.. so i staked out one of them and growled like a rabid dog when anyone hinted at stealing it from me. i witnessed a catfight between two very pregnant women and saw a bazillion infants. i had a twinge of the old IF feelings with all the pregnant women and babies.. part of me was like "you just don't get it.. i can tell by looking at you.." and then i realized that i was just being hormonal. one woman came in and picked up one of every pg magazine in the waiting room and left with them.. doh.. all in all it was a very exciting 3.5 hours.
the downfall was how badly i felt after drinking the stuff. the first hour was horrible.. i couldn't even read my book i felt so badly.. i just sat back in the comfy chair and stared at the ceiling. once the feeling came back to my lips and my vision wasn't blurry (hmm.. i wonder if i'll pass the test).. i did a little better and it wasn't until the last 15 minutes that i started going downhill. right when they were doing the last blood draw, my sugar levels crashed big time and i started sweating and shaking. luckily i had brought a granola bar.. thank GOD.. otherwise i would have passed out.
shiela and i went and got lunch and i'm now in one of the extra offices at her work waiting for her to finish some things up so we can head home.
i have to say that it wasn't a fun experience and i'd rather not do it again.. but it's over and i can relax and sleep.
in other news .. i'm officially busting out of all of my normal pants.. even the fat ones. i've yet to gain any weight, but my waist is definitely changing.. i didn't want to jinx things, but i had to go get some maternity pants if i was going to go out in anything other than shiela's sweatpants. i can definitely feel a more solid bump under my pudge.. tres cool. So today is the first day that i'm officially wearing maternity shorts.. yay me!
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