Boo!

Last Wednesday I had a doctor appointment to get my gestational diabetes testing done. Yesterday I got a call from my doctor telling me that my test results came back abnormal and that I needed to get further testing done.

I went to the doctor this morning at 8am expecting to be there until about noon. I was told not to eat anything after midnight; which meant no breakfast for me. I had a vile of blood drawn and was instructed to drink 10 oz of the glucose drink. The glucose drink I had this morning was twice as strong as the one I drank last Wednesday.

I was told that they would draw my blood three more times at hour intervals. The blood results would then be compared to each other to see how my body handled the added levels of glucose. I was told that I would have the final results either tomorrow or Thursday.

I knew it would be a long morning; waiting an hour between each blood draw. I took a book and our Nintendo DS to help me pass the time. However, I needed neither the book or the DS. I was in the waiting room for less than 5 minutes when I began to feel sick to my stomach. Baby Cayden was bouncing around like a pin ball. I leaned my head back hoping my stomach ache would go away; no luck. I was told that I could lie down if I needed to. I decided that was a good idea so I stood up to walk back to the exam rooms.

I, instead, found myself in the bathroom violently throwing up the glucose drink that I had been given. It was awful. I told the lab workers what happened and they informed me that my testing for the day was over. The test is going to be re-done tomorrow. I originally had jury duty scheduled for tomorrow but I called them and had it rescheduled.

I am not looking forward to going through all this again. I am at work right now and I still feel sick and worn out. I am so glad I got out of jury duty. I feel that my health and especially baby Cayden’s health is far more important.