It was baby doctor appt time today.  It was also time for me to do the three hour glucose tolerance test (GTT).  The dr decided to skip straight to the three hour as I had gestational diabetes last time with Becca.  The 3 hour GTT is a fasting test. 

I showed up at the drs office a bit before 9.  I checked in and waited to be called back to the lab for my delightful drink.  It was orange, by the way.  I had my blood drawn, drank my drink and went to the waiting room to read for the next hour.  The book is ‘Acid Row’ by Minette Walters.  I did just fine for the first hour.  I was happily thinking to myself how well I was doing, and that I may not have GD this time.  I had to take the 3 hour test twice with Becca.  Each time I was sleeping through the hours between blood draws.  You would have thought that I was downing Nyquil instead of glucose.

I went back for my 10:05 blood draw, no problem.  For efficiency’s sake, I was scheduled to start the 3 hour at 9, my one-hour ultrasound (due to it being twins) at 10:30, followed by my dr’s appt at 11:30.

At approximately 10:15, I started to not feel right.  Ringing in my ears, hot all of a sudden, and I started to hyperventilate.  My stomach wasn’t feeling quite happy either.  I thought the best course of action was to let one of the nurses at the lab know that I wasn’t doing well.  I stood up and started walking there, which was probably a great relief to the others in the waiting room.  I know if I had been sitting there and suddenly saw someone start to act the way I had acted, I would have been rather nervous.

I made it to the desk where you schedule your next appt.  There was a woman doing just that, standing there, as well as the receptionist helping her with the scheduling.  Next thing I know, someone is pushing me onto my left side and sticking a pillow under my head.  Apparently I dropped right next to these two women, who were so absorbed in their scheduling they didn’t notice.  The ultrasound technician was on her way to the waiting room to call her next appt, saw me, and someone said, ‘Oh, I guess she passed out.’  Lovely.  I was sweating like crazy for some reason, so they took off my coat and wrapped my neck in cold wet paper towels.  My dr came out and asked if I hit my head when I fell.  At this point, I hadn’t been told about not being noticed and thought the ultrasound tech had caught me.  I said no.  Since I don’t have a lump or a sore spot on my head, I guess I fell pretty well after all.  They let me sit up and the dr asked me if I had eaten any breakfast that morning.  I said no and one of the nurses pointed out to him that I was doing the GTT.  The dr said that I could eat with that.  I said no, it was the 3 hour GTT.  The dr agreed that I couldn’t eat.  In the end, I was sheperded to the bone density table to lie on my left side covered with blankets, as I now was shaking and my teeth were chattering, until my ultrasound appt.

I do have to say, compared to how absolutely horrible I felt before hand, it was a relief to find out I had passed out and come to feeling worlds better.  Rather like someone who is feeling terribly nauseous getting the relief of throwing up.

On to the ultrasound, now that I am done with my bit of drama for the day.

Baby A has now moved to a heads down position on my left.  Baby B is still lying transverse (sideways) somewhere around the level of my bellybutton.  It is amazing to me that I don’t look completely lopsided.  Baby A is weighing in at 1 lb 11 oz, which is 73 percentile.  Baby B is 1 lb 7 oz, which is 56 percentile.  My cervix is nice and long, so that is not a concern.

I had been concerned because I was only gaining one, maybe two pounds between appts.  That did not seem anywhere near sufficient to me for a twin pregnancy.  No more worries.  I put on 9 pounds in the last 4 weeks.

I asked the dr if my passing out was an indicator that I would be flunking the GTT.  He said that, if anything, it was an indicator of low blood sugar, which pleased me greatly.  I may go through this pregnancy with GD.  Which will make no sense to me.  If you have had GD once, it greatly increases your chances of having it again.  If you are pregnant with multiples, your odds of GD are again increased.  If I do manage to skip it, it is definately time for me to buy a lottery ticket.

I have another appt and ultrasound in four weeks.  After that, I go to biweekly appts,