When I went for my 3hr testÂ
I was fasting ....
I also got poked right when I went in ... :)
At 8:15 am/The juice right after
Waited 1hr/9:15 draw blood/ 10:15 blood/And once again
At 11:15am
For my 1hr test/Went in at 8:30
Drank the juice/Waited 1hr
And draw blood at 9:30
Maybe you could call or email your dr ...ask him why?
Dont worry...do you have a new dr.?
I do and I'm always questioning everything he does.......just to make sure...he probably thinks I'm a little annoying lol...but he does everything different than my ex OB/GYN... X
It sounds like the regular (1 hour) glucose test, though I only got poked once, an hour after the drink. As far as I know, it's pretty routine in pregnancy these days, they're just making sure you don't have gestational diabetes.
i just had that done today as well. i went in, drank a nasty sugary orange gatorade type drink (yukkk!!) and got a TON (like 7!) of blood tube-y thingys drawn after one hour. like above posters said, its completely normal and most pregnant women get it for gestational diabetes testing. if i fail the one hour test, then i have to go for a three hour fasting test, pretty much the same as the first test i took today but a little longer and no eating beforehand. i have a really cool doctor that explained all this to me as this is my first baby and had no clue why this was necessary.
I don't know what the difference in the tests are, between fasting and not fasting. With my first pregnancy I didn't have to fast, but with my second and this one I was told to fast. I feel much worse after the fasting test because all I am getting is that sugar.
I have my appointment on the 2nd of April. I will ask why. The lady who drew the blood said it was different from all the others she had done. She didn't know why they would want a "Fasting Blood Sugar" test and then a "Glucose Tolerance Test". That kind of concerned me. I just hope everything is ok. Thanks everyone for the info :)
Have they said anything about you having sugar in your urine that maybe is prompting them to test a little more in depth? The only time I had blood drawn before the drink was the 3 hour test after I failed the 1 hour test. I did pass the 3 hour though. It was just a pain in the you know what.
Me too had that test Tuesday. Drank this nasty drink and went an hour after to have my blood drawn. Its normal testing
So I didn't pass the 1 hour so now I have to go in for the 3 hour. Gosh, it's going to be hell, sitting and waiting for three hours. The doctor said the levels were a little elevated so he wanted to do the 3 hour to be on the safe side. I just hope it comes back normal.
Hey you'll be fine ....
I did the 3hr tolerance test with my first , second and third pregnancy...
Happy to say.... I pass all three...
I love chocolate, donuts and all that good stuff... Lol :)
Lol.... I love all those things too. Donuts are my favorite, but I try to avoid them.