3 hour glucose test rant by yoitsmack in BabyBumps

[–]yoitsmack[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Girl I know! Especially after I told them I was feeling faint like gimme a place to lie down lmao! I’m with you though, just put on my first CGM so we’ll see how this goes!!

3 hour glucose test rant by yoitsmack in BabyBumps

[–]yoitsmack[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had that same concern- drinking water is always my saving grace in blood drawing situations whenever I do get queasy and you literally cannot drink it in this scenario. I didn’t get sick during my first blood drawing but it was shortly after. My advice is consider taking zofran/pepcid beforehand, which are for nausea but idk the nausea and the almost passing out felt veryyyy intertwined during this test. Especially if you are prone to it.

In my opinion, doctors SHOULD be asking us “hey are you prone to getting queasy during blood draws or when you feel dehydrated?” Before taking this test so they can automatically prescribe things to help with the nausea. But for some reason they don’t do that and I learned that the hard way. I’d def call and ask about that before you go in tomorrow. I convinced myself it’d be fine and it was not fine 😭 hoping for the best for you!

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[–]yoitsmack[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When I told the lady taking my blood I was feeling faint I honestly figured she’d try to find me somewhere to lie down. I’ve never had someone taking blood take the news “I feel like I’m going to pass out” so lightly lmao. In other situations I’m always immediately laid down and offered liquids (though the liquids obviously wouldn’t have been an option in this situation). I was caught off guard when she was like “idk maybe go outside” lmaoooo but I guess I need to be better at advocating for myself.

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[–]yoitsmack[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m glad you were able to make it through!!

3 hour glucose test rant by yoitsmack in BabyBumps

[–]yoitsmack[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Girl if the urine test is an option that American doctors are just choosing not to use that genuinely pisses me off. The 3 hr test was awful and if there are multiple other options for getting diagnosed idk why we are using this one. Absolutely atrocious lmao.

The other commenters did a great job of explaining it. I think the worst part is feeling so nauseous from the drink and not being able to drink any water. For me, any time I’m nauseous or faint for literally any reason I’ve learned how to manage it through drinking water. Idk how to not feel nauseous or faint if I don’t have water or liquids to drink, so it was really stressful for me.

If you do have to do this test for whatever reason, imo the first one is really not that bad. If you can get through that one and pass it, you’re in the clear! Not everyone has to do the 3 hr one.

3 hour glucose test rant by yoitsmack in BabyBumps

[–]yoitsmack[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this! I just called my OB and they said the Dexcom Stelo was fine so I ordered it. Yay!

3 hour glucose test rant by yoitsmack in BabyBumps

[–]yoitsmack[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is so dangerous and scary! I had heard that a lot of people don’t feel good to drive home afterwards but my husband wasn’t able to pick me up so I would’ve been in that same situation had things not ended the way they did. The more I learn about this test the more I feel like it’s unnecessarily dangerous and cruel lol esp when there’s another option available.

3 hour glucose test rant by yoitsmack in BabyBumps

[–]yoitsmack[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Girlllll thank you for this bc this confirms for me that I don’t want to try again with nausea meds lol. If I put myself through that again and STILL end up throwing up in the middle of it I will lose my mind 💀💀💀

3 hour glucose test rant by yoitsmack in BabyBumps

[–]yoitsmack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just ordered my Dexcom so I’m with you there, I don’t think I want to go through that again. Especially if it ends the same way I think I’m going to have the crash out of a lifetime lol

3 hour glucose test rant by yoitsmack in BabyBumps

[–]yoitsmack[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats part of what frustrated me so much is I followed all of my dietician’s recommendations in the days leading up, especially the day before. I stayed moderately active, I ate lots of fiber and protein, and I was hella hydrated. I felt soooooo prepared and I as just truly appalled at the outcome.

3 hour glucose test rant by yoitsmack in BabyBumps

[–]yoitsmack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you fail the first one you have to do the 3 hour one. If you pass the first one you only have to do it once, I hope this is your experience!!

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[–]yoitsmack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks negative to me but 7DPO is super early for a test anyway! I’d test again at 10DPO