Flat Orange Soda

Sitting at the clinic waiting the hour before my labs can be drawn for the glucose tolerance test.  The drink was not quite as nasty as I thought it would be.  Although, as I'm sitting here, my stomach is started to feel a little upset from all the sugar.  It tasted like flat orange soda, or the juice of those "freezie" pops.

I wasn't even thinking about the test this morning, and ended up eating a pretty good sized bowl of CHOCOLATE chex cereal.  I managed to remember before I finished, so I didn't eat the whole thing, and I didn't drink the chocolatey milk that remained in the bowl.  I had a salad for lunch, and skipped eating my yogurt and clementines.

Even if I pass today (please, God, let me pass!!!), I still have to do the test again at 26ish weeks like "normal" pregnant ladies.

Also, my clinic makes you provide a urine sample EVERY time I come in for a prenatal appointment.  Anybody else have to do this?  I thought it was kind of weird, but at least this time I had just finished a big bottle of water before I left work, so I was perfectly ready to provide my sample.

I've gained about 3 pounds so far, but I'm chalking some of that up to the holidays.  Normally my holiday eating season ends right after Christmas, but my in-laws couldn't come until New Year's, so I was eating a little more decadently for a week longer than I normally do.  We'll see what my doctor thinks.... I don't think she'll be too concerned at this point.  I think I've been eating pretty well since my in-laws left...

I'll write about the rest of the appointment tomorrow.