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Oh Sugar Sugar

5
Aug 2009

Today I had the test that every pregnant woman looks forward to from the time they find out they are pregnant. That’s right ladies, the Glucose Test! AHHH YEAHHHH! For those of you that have no experience with this test, I will try to explain the joy of it. First off, you cannot eat anything sweet before you go, and the test is kind of sensitive, so they really suggest you either eat nothing or plain toast. YUM! That is what every pregnant woman wants for breakfast. Then you hungrily drive to the nearest lab where they give you this ridiculously sugary water drink. Now, when I was pregnant with Zane it was simply sugar water. This time I was given the choice of Orange or Fruit Punch. I was feeling a little feisty, so I went for the Fruit Punch. Then you must drink the entire bottle in 5  minutes. I can only describe it as freezing cold kool-aid with three times the sugar. Once you are able to gag that down, you then must sit there in those oh so comfortable waiting room chairs for one hour. Now, I don’t know about other pregnant women, but I have a hard time sitting comfortably on my couch for an hour, let alone a hard chair. Honestly though, sitting by myself in peace and quiet  reading magazines for an hour was not what I would consider a punishment. After my hour was up, which went by entirely too fast, my blood was drawn and I was on my way home.  Hopefully my body had no problems breaking down the sugars, because I heard that if you fail this test, you have to take it another one where you get, oh i mean are forced to sit by yourself in peace and quiet and read magazines for THREE hours! Oh the horror.