For those of you that don't know what that means MW had to drink a super sugary solution, wait an hour, then get her blood drawn. This test will allow the doctors to see if she is having gestational diabetes.
Gestational diabetes is when a pregnant woman begins to have trouble handling her sugars. This doesn't mean that the mom to be has turned into a diabetic or anything like that. Sometimes during pregnancy hormones interfere with insulin, therefore making an abundance of sugar in the blood.
The test involves some really sugary solution (see below) like a college kid playing flip cup. Down the hatch as fast as you can, you only have 5 minutes, and yes they do time you.
I will update when we hear about the results!
I was reminded by MW I should have credited this picture. I didn't take it it came from http://thisgirl-amanda.blogspot.com/2011/05/glucose-schmucose.html
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