Don't fret pregnant friends... it's just something you have to do.

I was freaking out.

As the day was approaching for my Gestational Diabetes Screening test, I thought I was going to lose my mind.

Every mother I knew told me horror stories about how they had to drink this terrible sugary drink and wait an hour to get blood drawn. They would describe how terrible it tasted and how it could possibly make me sick.

If you haven't heard of Gestational Diabetes, it is basically something that happens during pregnancy. Your body is so out of whack anyways while growing a human, that sometimes it will make your body process glucose differently.

A simple one hour screening test that determines if your blood sugar level is elevated after drinking a sugary drink.

If it is, then you must go to a three hour testing. Here... let me explain further.

Now here's the deal. Don't freak out when going to take the screening test. It's really not all that bad.

If you do end up having to take the three hour test and are diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes, again, don't fear.

It is extremely easy to manage and all will be well with the world.

Stay tuned for next weeks edition of From a First Time Mom!


 

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