Who is ready for some orange drink!? Gestational diabetes glucose screening test today!
I called my doctor’s office and they told me to have eggs before the test, so egg it is! As much as I don’t care for eggs in the morning, this was actually quite delicious. (Although I was eying the nectarines and cherries in our house with envy…)
Served with lots of water
The afterparty! Taking this guy in my purse with a spoon : ) In case of emergency.
Wish me (and the babe) luck!
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Good luck Kath! I hope it goes well. Just think, you can have all the nectarines and cherries you want after it’s over! Are you actually not supposed to eat those 2 foods before the screening?
She told me not to have fruit
Eggs? Why did your doc recommend those?
Good protein and fat
good luck!
good luck! I did mine yesterday…the drink was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Tastes exactly like flat orange pop! Which is not great but I think it could be a worse lol
I love how you bring peanut butter!
Totally something I would do~
I hope everything goes well Kath!
Good luck!!! And you can fill up on cherries and nectarines on your return
Best wishes and cheers! (fingers crossed)
Mmm I love eggs in the morning! Good luck!
Savory rarely appeals to me in the morning either yet I always do enjoy it on the rare occasions I decide to shake things up
! Good luck!
Good luck! My sister actually loved the drink. She thought it tasted good! She is a sugar freak though too!
Best of luck to you, Kath!
An egg? That’s really funny. Could you only have one? I’d be pissed. LOL!
Good luck!
UGH, the orange drink. That one got me for sure. It was just awful. It’s better to be safe than sorry though, right? Good luck to you and the little one!
You should toss an apple in your bag along with the PB, that would be a way better scooper than a spoon
good luck with the test!!!!
My gestational diabetes test is in a little over two weeks! My midwife recommended eating eggs in the morning too. I’m doing the test using 100% grape juice though, not the traditional orange drink version. Good luck!!
sounds much better – the orange stuff really is awful!
I got to choose between the icky orange drink or jelly beans. I thought jelly beans! I love them. Only problem was I had to eat so many of them in a short amount of time. But I think it was still better than the orange drink. YUCK. Good Luck Kath! Hope you passed.
Good luck!
My SIL had gestational diabetes and when we were on the way to the hospital she asked us to stop by the Cheesecake Factory for tiramisu for her to eat in the recovery room! I’ve never seen a piece of cake disappear so fast!
I remember having that test…I was quite worried during my pregnancies as my mother is a Type 1 Diabetic…she became diabetic a few years after my brother was born. I never Gestational Diabetes through either of my pregnancies.
You know that it is not your “normal” day when nectarines and cherries for breakfast are forbidden. I didn’t enjoy the drink but I guess it could have been a lot worse. Although, I never had morning sickness and I remember feeling queasy and jittery. I reminded myself how lucky we are to have the medical technology to detect and treat so many conditions like GD. My sister had preclampsyia and delivered my niece early but healthy. Good luck, don’t let yourself worry too much, it will soon be over and then you can celebrate with all the fruit and whatever else you crave.
eeek! that orange drink sounds scary. goooood luck!!!!
Good luck! I’m sure you’ll pass with flying colors.
The test is a breeze and it will be over soon.
I can’t do anything if I don’t have my morning eggs. True fact. Good luck!
Best of luck with the results. Even if you do have GD I can not think of anyone who would deal with it better, your lifestyle and food choices are the best!
good luck!! i’m sure it will all go juuuuust fine!!! too bad you couldn’t have just eaten tons of donuts and juice, though, instead of that nasty drink!!
Good luck, I hope everything is well and please take a photo if you end up eating that PB while still at the doctor’s office!
Good luck! Hope everything goes well for you and baby!
Ah, good luck! I bet everything will come out just fine
Love the after test snack!
I have always wondered, why do you only eat one egg? They are so good for you, you never seem to have two!
To make them last longer? When I scramble them I almost always have two
I would starve with only 1 egg for breakfast, they only have 70 calories!
I don’t eat one egg for breakfast on normal days. I normally have one in lunches
Have an eggcellent day!
Good luck! I’ve been enjoying reading all your old posts–truly love your blog. Inspired by you and a few other bloggers, I finally tried overnight oats, and I AM IN LOVE. Thank you!
Aww, Good Luck! What a fun time…I loved being preggo!! Enjoy it!!
Will be thinking of you and thinking non GD (gestational Diabetes) thoughts for you and the babe.
Good luck, Kath & Baby KERF
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This test confuses me: are they checking to see if your body metabolizes all that yummy orange sugar (uck) the way it should?
Yup
Good luck! I had mine last week and had a huge egg omelet with veggies beforehand. Didn’t help though. I still got horribly sick after the test but luckily didn’t upchuck (sorry TMI?) until a few hours later so I managed to finish the test (and pass!!). I wish you the best and hope your experience lacks the sick part. That was NOT fun.
I didn’t want to have any thought in my mind if I failed that what I ate caused me to fail, so I fasted. The lab where I had mine done also told me to fast.
Good Luck to you and the babe! Hope it all turns out well! Then you can have all the cherries you want
I didn’t get to eat anything before the test, and I usually eat a big breakfast. Good thing you at least got to eat eggs! The drink was gross, but not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Hope all goes well and you pass with flying colors.
Good luck! It doesn’t taste as bad as everybody says!
I never had any eggs before mine…just lots of sweet orange syrup
GOOD luck!!!
Those eggs look pretty darn good! Good luck!
Sometimes hardboiled eggs are soooooo good! I love them on that plate! I am again inspired by your place settings
Good luch mama and baby KERF!!
I have taken that test four times, and every time I was told to not radically change my breakfast habits, but to eat something with some protein AND carbs. I would think it would radically skew the test results if you eat very differently than you usually do.
I went by my doctor’s advice..
good luck with the test! i’ve taken it a few times and it’s so much better when the glucose drink is ICE COLD.
Wow! I would LOVE to have a reason to carry peanut butter and a spoon in my purse!
Best of luck with the test!
Oh my least favorite part of pregnancy, I wasn’t allowed to eat (lame) but I did for my second. After my third baby glucose drink test I celebrated with sushi. I’m sure you are going to pass!
I’m learning so much about the lil procedures that moms have to go through! Who would have thought “eggs”?
And overnight oats (?) are such a genius idea for emergencies!
Just peanut butter in the jar! No oats
Best of luck! I love the little green leaf plate you have your egg on!
Hurray! Betting it all comes back perfect!
Hahhaha emergency peanut butter + spoon. Gotta love it
Were you not allowed anything else WITH the eggs? Because that would NOT fill me up….
Just 200 calories of sugar
I was not really hungry after