Glucose Test?

Im not on these boards very often...so I apologize in advance.  I was talking to my dr and mentioned that in my last pregnancy when I took the Glucose test, I got SUPER sick from the sugar.  He mentioned that if I couldn't do the drink, I could either do 40 jelly beans or 1.25 cans of regular coke.  I dont honestly know which would be the lesser of 3 evils at this point.  What would YOU choose or what did you do?

My OB didn't make me take the glucose test, instead I just monitored my sugars a couple times a day with a small little poke in the finger!

You don't have to consume any of those. Ask to do the A1C or post-paradinal test.

Well- apparently he doesn't get it.  The sugar load of all of those things are pretty much the same...hence, okay if your going to barf up the glucose liquid they may allow you to do jelly beans or coke.  But basically, it's one sugar item for another...Now way.  Some Dr's have prefrences for a fasting, then a go eat breakfast and take the next Blood Sugar 2 hours after your breakfast.  Some have you check your blood sugar 4 times a day for a week.  Some just pull a A1C. It's all in their suggestioned "other" method...Other method meaning other then consuming large amounts of sugar / carbs.  Plus from what I understand a lot of woman have gotten poor results because they BS bottoms out from all that sugar.  Like into the 60's and then they (dr's) freak out anyways.  Good luck.  I would tell them you aren't doing any of those things- they need to brainstorm other methods...maybe let them know what you've heard from this board.

yeah when i was pg with my son...i took the test after warning them i would get sick.  i drank that orange stuff and withint 5 minutes, i was seriously sick.  My husband was so upset to see me like that, i asked to lay in my car because I felt so bad, they said no...I spent the entire time sitting in the bathroom....than my sugar dropped after that and i got bad shakes.  i passed the test anyway...but im so dreading this again.

Your Body, Your Choice!
 
I personally did not do it for this pregnany. I did 2 fasting tests, 2 weeks apart. My OB did his best to try to get me to drink the crap and i refused both times and told him he would be picking me up off the floor if i even drank half of it.