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Just got a call from the nurse at my OB’s office and I passed the glucose tolerance test!  Woo hoo!

I was totally fretting at the idea of having to do the 3-hour test if I failed, so this is music to my ears!  I’m really glad that I don’t have to worry about gestational diabetes because that’s just one more thing to have to worry about.

The nurse did say that my iron is extremely low, despite the fact that I’m taking iron supplements daily.  My OB wants me to start taking iron supplements twice a day instead of once, so I will start that tomorrow.  I hope it doesn’t make my stomach cramp up.

But… YAY, I passed!!

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Drank the orange drink for my glucose tolerance test today at 27 weeks pregnant. Not bad at all!If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that I was absolutely not looking forward to having my glucose tolerance test at 27 weeks pregnant.  Since I’ve never been pregnant before, there was only one reason why I was nervous about it… all the horror stories that I had heard.

People vomiting the sweet drink up and having to drink more.  The drink being so sweet and disgusting.  Waiting an hour was torture and the list goes on and on.  Needless to say, all this hype made me concerned about the test.

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