3 hour test at 12 weeks
As my title states, I'm having to do the 3 hour test tomorrow, at 11 and 6. And I'm truly just dreading it and feel like I'm going to be in a terrible mood all day today.
I did my 1 hour on Monday and it was difficult but made much better by the fact I could eat protein that morning. My morning sickness is in the form of extreme hunger and gagging which leads to throwing up. So, having that protein saved me!!
Well, shockingly (!) my glucose was 194 after the 1 hour. I really did not expect that! However I had been on metformin for having a borderline prediabetic A1C before, but my A1C they drew at my 8 week pregnancy appointment was 5.3, so better than usual. I guess I just naively thought it wouldn't happen to me.
Now, tonight I can't eat past 10, and then tomorrow morning am supposed to somehow be able to wake up, get myself to the doctor, have 4 blood draws and wait 3 hours in an uncomfortable space all on an empty stomach?? Are you kidding me?? The longest I've gone in the morning without eating has been about 30 minutes at which point I gagged until I was heaving up bile.
I'm so frustrated! First and foremost, I want my baby to be okay and I'm scared. But right now I am more scared of this 3 hour test than I am of the likely diagnosis behind it.
Thanks for listening to my rant. I know you can understand.