This is the hungriest day of my life....

Philippines
May 23, 2010 5:22pm CST
I'm scheduled to have my blood extracted today for my blood sugar test. I'm 7 months pregnant and my OB would want to test if I'm a diabetic. She told me not to eat anything after dinner until the test is over. I have not eaten anything for almost 9 hours now and I still have to wait for 3 more hours for my scheduled laboratory test. It means I can't eat anything for at least 3 more hours. I just hope it would be over soon because my stomach is grumbling so hard that I think my big intestines are starting to eat my small intestines. If I'll eat something the test might show my sugar is high. It happened to me before during my first pregnancy. I did not follow my OB's instructions. I was so hungry so I ate a piece of bread. The test result showed I'm diabetic. So my OB asked me to repeat the laboratory test but instead of just one time blood extraction they had to extract blood from me three times every after an hour. I consider that as one of the worst day of my life. Three blood extractions in a day is not something anyone would want to happen to them. That's why I'm making sure that today I will follow what my OB told me and that is not to eat anything until the test is over. I don't want the same thing to happen to me. How about you, did you ever experienced to be so hungry that you feel like there is World War III happening inside your stomach? Why and happened?
1 response
• United States
23 May 10
I had to do the 3hr glucose test with my 2nd one. Not only was I hungry but they were having some sort of pot luck for someone who was leaving the clinic so all I could smell was food I was dying! I told the lab tech that it wasn't right for them to have me sit for 3 beautiful hours smelling all that food & not even give me a nibble when I was done w/ my test.. wich I passed BTW. I hope you bring food with you in your purse or stop somewhere after your test and grab a bite to eat.