3 hour gestational diabetest test, take 3

[mellybrelly]

I lasted maybe 20 minutes tops, and then I managed to throw it up all over myself, all over the table I was sitting on in a back room, all over the floor and I mean ALL OVER. I really let loose.

That was fun.

Then I started sobbing over the sink as I continued. Again, fun.

I moved into a new, clean room and the midwife told me that she was recommending that I just say I have gestational diabetes, go see the counselor at the hospital, see a nutritionist, do my 4 times a day finger pricks for the next 5 weeks and call it a day. I was concerned that would put me into high risk category and I'd be removed from the practice, but she said no, only if my blood sugars were not controllable.

Fine. I'm not doing that damn test again, that's for damn sure. Someone in a birth community here said they needed to redo it at 35 weeks but their OB said to leave it and just eat sensibly for the rest of the time. I kind of wish I had that OB. I'm so close to the end, with a baby that is growing perfectly, but fine, I'll do it. Tim says he'll follow the diet with me.

That's that!


I think we were home sometime around 10 am, I quickly washed off, went to bed and slept till 1:45 pm. It's a stressful test.

Comments

[marci-ny.livejournal.com]

Oh sweetie!!! I'm so sorry you had to go through that! (((hugs))) The baby is PERFECT and all will go absolutely fine! Just do whatever you need to and put this behind you. :( You're gonna have that beautiful baby in your arms soon!! <3

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm just so glad it's done and dealt with and I'll deal with having to drive a fraking hour to the hospital each week, on top of my midwife appointments, but oh well, it's short term right?

[tlatzomia.livejournal.com]

ACK! Your body does not like high doses of sugar all at once! (I don't blame it!)

I'm glad that it shouldn't affect you too much, though blood tests and being more careful about your diet could be a PITA, certainly. *hugs*

I'll bet you needed that nap!!

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

My body doesn't even like me drinking a glass of water, I still can't without fighting throwing up, unless it has a bit of juice in it. My morning sickness just still sucks.

Hopefully the blood sugar stuff won't be bad. I don't have much of a sweet tooth, I can eat more protein now than I could a few months ago. I eat pretty balanced these days, probably more carbs than I should, but I don't eat a ton.

[tlatzomia.livejournal.com]

BB, I think we're all eating more carbs than we should at this point. ;) I'm in such a sweets mood lately it's ridiculous! This morning sickness'd better stop when the baby gets here!!

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

Sweets still make me sour immediately, but I do have a tortilla with breakfast, and often have a bagel for lunch with yogurt and nuts and things, and then always have rice or pasta or something with dinner. So really, not like I'm eating a ton more carbs than I did before pregnancy, but still high.

I swear the morning sickness had better leave. I want to go back to sleeping on my stomach, drinking water, and not feeling like puking every day.

[tlatzomia.livejournal.com]

Well, more carbs for you is like nothing compared to most people!

Ugh no kidding. I'd like some more energy, pls. &c.

[papaya.livejournal.com]

If I had been you, I would have sobbed, "This is the last time I drink a fifth of vodka before coming in for this stupid test!"

I'm sorry that you puked. It's not fun on the best of days, never mind when you're pregnant.

[tlatzomia.livejournal.com]

LOLOLOL

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

LOL

Well, the nurse popped her head in and said "You drunk?" and I said "OH YEAH!" and she laughed and said "oops, I mean, you drank it all?"..

Oh man, that red juice, it spread over the entire room I swear, it was almost cathartic.

[greeneyed-devil.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of that time I had one too many watermelon martinis!

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

mmmmm.. yes, I could see the similarities.

[greeneyed-devil.livejournal.com]

I thought of you today when I saw quarter water at the Safeway. Sorry you had such a horrible experience today :(

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

lol, I should have been practicing with quarter water damnit!!

Thank you.. it was what it was, and it was a big thank you to the midwives office for all the stress, to put red liquid all over the entire room.. kidding

[greeneyed-devil.livejournal.com]

Fuck'em. They deserve to have to clean it up!

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

Except it was the nurses and admin staff who cleaned it. Oh, I felt so bad.

[spicycurvydiva.livejournal.com]

Damn, that sucks. Reminds me that I'm glad not to be a cleaner anymore, too. I honestly quit when I realized that people sometimes puke at the gym and I might be called upon to clean it up.
I would love to hear what's on that diet.

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

And they didn't even have a cleaner to do it, the nurses and receptionists did it, poor women.

I'll let you know what's on the diet when I find out!

[farting-nora.livejournal.com]

I threw up during my 3 hour test when I was pregnant with Adrian, and they did the test through an IV instead a week later.

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

oh wow, I haven't heard of doing that! Might have been helpful. I threw it up my first time, kept it down my second time and threw it up this time. NEVER AGAIN

[mysterygal11.livejournal.com]

I am starting to hate your midwives FOR you. They are idiots. They KNOW you've had morning sickness this whole pregnancy, yet they force you to take the damn test again - for no good reason? Jerks.

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

Well, in their defense, I was the one who insisted because I hated HATED the idea of being called GD without redoing the test, since I was certain I could pass it, this time, since I knew how to do the test properly.

I had a feeling it wasn't going to be great when I dry heaved brushing my teeth, and then dry heaved again later before I left the house and then felt like I was going to dry heave in the car. I was dryheaving the first time I took the test too, but the second time I wasn't and I was able to keep it down.

[vitainpalus.livejournal.com]

Awww. :( So sorry to hear this.

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

ahh, it's okay. I'm dealing with it. I go next week to the GD class. FUN

[merlyn4401.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you have any questions/need help. :)

Sorry it came down to this, though. *HUGS*

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I definitely will. I go to the GD class next week, on Tuesday. If I need clarification, it's good to know you are there.

I'm pretty bummed I couldn't finish it.

[mamiesgoo.livejournal.com]

My OB with Chloah came up with the same "compromise" so he filed with the diabetes clinic who called me, and upon realizing I did not in fact HAVE GD, would not take me. This was the day I ended up switching providers because he called me pissed that I wouldn't LIE to the clinic (which hello skewed results).

I do not trust these women Melanie, I would not tell you that unless I knew how much you want a natural birth, otherwise I'd ignore all this. :(

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

Believe me, I appreciate your concern and it really does keep me motivated. I have one appointment with them on Thursday and we'll see how that goes.. I feel better now that I have a doula for the birth.

I told the clinic that I do not have GD, and they were fine with it and said my insurance would still cover me. We'll see what happens. It is really scary, it all makes me nervous, but I feel like I'm back in fighting form now.

[bluejupiter.livejournal.com]

D:

Hope you feel better!

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm doing okay, just bummed I couldn't make it through the test. I can't wait for this pregnancy to be done, just because of this stress!

[queen-elvis.livejournal.com]

I feel that you are being pushed around a bit. I mean, maybe not, I'm not there, but you're very nice and forgiving, and they clearly don't have it together at this midwife place. You can be careful about litigation risk without walking all over your clients. It's like, at your old bank job, you probably had to be careful to look for fake bills or forged checks, but you didn't need to treat every single person who walked in like a criminal.

[queen-elvis.livejournal.com]

I'm worried that I came off kind of dictatorial or paternalistic there, but that's not quite what I meant. I trust that you're making the right decisions for you, I just want to rip these people a new one.

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely being pushed around, and I think it's very unfair and wrong, and your reasoning is exactly why I've been fighting with them. Keep a watchful eye, but don't accuse me of being something I'm not, without good reason.

[kastinkerbell.livejournal.com]

See, I was afriad of this happening to me, so I got all stand-up-for-myself-ish at the get go and insisted on monitoring my blood sugars at home. They thought I was insane for wanting to prick my fingers so much (they had me do it for two weeks), but damned if I was going to drink that syrup! So, uh, thanks for validating me...particularly since I've read ahead and see that you do not have GD, just a strong bodily aversion to that stuff. :D

[mellybrelly.livejournal.com]

Yes! I was really worried about having the label of GD on me, without doing the tests, I was afraid they were pushing me to a c-section. I was already being called high risk for being plus size (size 18 jean before pregnancy), plus high risk because of hypertension, even though I only had a couple blood pressures that were high in the beginning.

I fought hard, and now I think I should have just gone ahead and tested and showed them I was right ;)