Flat Orange Soda

Yesterday I had the test that everyone pregnant dreads.  It was the Blood Glucose Test to see if you have Gestational Diabetes.  Before I go further, it was just a test that everyone has.  I do not know at this point in time if I have it or not so there isn’t any need to be concerned.

Unlike the experiences of my sister who was able to eat a set meal plan before the blood test, I had a 12 oz bottle of orange liquid.  Based on the experiences of those I knew had taken the same test and had to drink the stuff, I knew it would be sugary and I knew it would be orange flavored.  Other than that, I really didn’t know what to expect.  An hour before I would have my blood drawn, I poured it in a cup with ice and used a straw.  Hoping that would help.  First sip in, down, and “that wasn’t so bad.”  It was flat orange soda – not something that I really care for but could tolerate. 

Drink it in 5 minutes.  All of it.  I don’t drink much of anything in 5 minutes much less soda.  I forced myself to down the entire cupful only to have the gagging reflex immediately after knowing my system is in shock with all the sugar I had just ingested and HAD to keep down.  10 minutes later I left to go to the dr. office to have my blood drawn.  I won’t know the results at least until Monday, maybe even Tuesday.  I’m not really sure what to expect though.  Will they call me, I need to call them, or will I find out at my next appt.?  We’ll see.  I’m just glad it’s over. 

Birth class was last night too.  The instructer was still pushing epidurals and blocks but suggested we all write a birth plan and talk to our doctor about other positioning requests.  I held my tongue as a fellow attendee is from England and apparently they don’t do hospital births like we do.  They are very open to using gravity help delivery.  She noticed that on the video, every woman was flat on her back.  She addressed it and was told that most everyone gets an epidural and that was why but that she should talk it over with her dr.  Another interesting side note came when the instructor said that the nurses had electronic monitoring wired to the nurses station so that even when they weren’t in the room, they could still monitor.  How interesting to have it put out there so blantantly.  I had read that continuous electronic fetal monitoring wasn’t in mom’s best interest, it is in the best interest of the nurse as it doesn’t allow mom to ambulate freely.  It’s one thing to read it, it’s another to actually be told.  I’m sure glad I addressed this in my birth plan. 

After watching a few episodes of Veronica Mars, we tried to pull family history data from an old hard drive, and then headed to bed.  We had our first “real” conversation of the day at 11:45 – 12:30 at night. So another day has come and tonight we will clean the desk and get it ready to be taken by his cousin.  Saturday will be a big prep day but more importantly a day at home for me.  Roasted chicken and vegetables will be on the evening menu and banana bread will be in the oven for Sunday.  Cooler temps are here again as well.