Gestational diabetes tests, traveling again and how the tv networks are out to get me

(wrote this on Thursday night, May 17)

On April 30 I took my one hour gestational diabetes test.  On May 3 I found out I failed this test. The acceptable range is below 140 and I got 147.  This seemed familiar to me. I think last time while pregnant with Jack I failed with 143 or 147 or something close to that.

The one hour test is pretty simple. You go to the lab, drink the horrible sugar drink and an hour later get your blood drawn.

If you fail the one hour test you have to take what they call the "three hour" test.  This test sucks much more.  You go to the lab and get your fasting blood drawn.  Then you drink a more horrible more sugary drink.  Then you get your blood drawn three more times, once an hour for three hours. 

I took this test on Monday, May 14. I would have expected to get the results of this test back today, but I have been in the Boston area all day at a conference. I woke up at 4 am to do the day trip here -- got a 6:30 am flight. And now it's nearly 8 pm and I'm stuck here awaiting my delayed flight back home.  For a while after I arrived here this morning at 7:44 am I was asking myself over and over "what am I doing here?" 

It would be good if this were indeed my last trip until after I come back from maternity leave. This is getting too hard. Besides, I finished both that Tipping Point book and that Blink book. I am still feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of dipping into a novel.

I am thinking about calling in LATE tomorrow.

In the last two weeks I have been to Salt Lake City, Miami and now Boston.  I was a little nervous about going to Miami.  David likes to watch COPS! and so many episodes take place in Broward County.  Also, there is CSI Miami.  It just seems to be a good place to go if you want to get murdered in an overly dramatic way.

And speaking of TV, I am very annoyed at the networks this year.  First they put on a new series called The Nine about nine people who had witnessed a bank robbery/hostage standoff and their secrets about what happened during the event are revealed during the course of the season.  Or they would have been.  They showed just enough episodes for me to get into it and then they freaking canceled it.  Very very annoying. 

Then they started another new series, Daybreak.  This was like 24 meets Groundhog day.  And it was actually really really good.  The extremely handsome and sexy cop is framed for murder and tries to figure out what the hell is going on.  But each day he wakes up and it's the same day.  But he can use what he learned during the previous day (which was the same day) to learn more during this new same day.  But THEY CANCELED IT!  They are streaming episodes online, but you can't download them.  You have to watch them on your PC.  Very very annoying.

And then they premiered a new show called Drive about a secret car race around the country with life and death stakes.  And I said to David, "they'd better not fuck with me again on this one."  It only took them two or three episodes to cancel this one, which is better I think, because I didn't get THAT into it.

Comments

[Aurelia]

Oh crap, not so good about the GD. Hopefully your test will go well and you will be okay. Do you think that you maybe altered the first test a bit by eating something sweet beforehand?

[maggie]

When you failed the test with Jack, did you have to do the three hour? And how'd that do?

They made me do the one hour very early - I failed, but passed the three hour. AND THEN THEY MADE ME DO THE 3 HOUR AGAIN, at 28 weeks. And I passed again, but still.

Good luck.