Comments on: Gestational Diabetes Test

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:34:28 +0000

I am going for my third test of my second pregnancy. For the first pregnancy I had two tests, and had gestational diabetes. I had a very strict-carb-counting diet for the first pregnancy. For this pregnancy I have tried to follow the same general rules unofficially. I hate the stuff that we have to drink and wasting my time at the hospital for 4 hours when the doctor could just say,”follow the same diet from last time”.

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By: Secret Mommy

Secret Mommy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:14:59 +0000

I’ve had the test once and will have it again later in this pregnancy. They gave me the lemon-lime flavor, which wasn’t too awful. I also chilled it in the fridge AND poured it over a HUGE cup full of ice and then chugged it down in the 15 minutes or whatever they told me to. It was a lot like slightly flat Sprite. Even though I had over a 10 pound baby, I did not have gestational diabetes and sure hope I don’t this time, either…tho obviously for me it doesn’t make much diff. regarding birth weight.

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By: millie

millie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:25:32 +0000

I am having my second home birth with my third child and have elected to skip the test the last two times since for my first was fine and I had a normal size baby and my diet hasn’t changed. I remember just gulping it down without even tasting it…. there are so many more indications of health than need to be extracted by blood and numeric tests.

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