I'd suggest calling your OB and/or the lab in advance. If it's supposed to be fasting and you actually ate that morning, you'd probably need to re-do the test. Best to get an official word from the people doing the test!

Hey how are you?  Time is flying and this update is almost 2 months old.   Hope you and you family are doing well and that the pregnancy is progressing well.

Best,

Layla

Hello everyone! 

Im about a year and eight months post op. I'm  currently 25 weeks pregnant. It's almost time for my gestational diabetes test and my OB didn't give me any clear instructions. She just said we won't do the sweet drink test instead we'd just do a random blood draw. My questions to you all are- Am I supposed to eat something before hand or be fasting? If I eat something sweet how long should I wait to have my blood drawn? Can I drink anything the morning or day of? My appt is at 8:50 AM. Any other advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

We got the go-ahead from my PCP so I went off my BC pills, read up a bunch, bought OPK test strips... but I'm still wondering about what would be useful to know. I'm 33 in August, and I wish I was pregnant yesterday! I've had positive OPK results twice now, once last month and once yesterday! 

I apologize if this has been asked a zillion times before, but what do you wish you'd known? Especially, how do you handle the emotional ups and downs? My best friend has been trying for the last few months and she's having a hard time coping. 

My surgeon told me 12-18 months but my OB-GYN said 9 months. She was totally unconcerned about me getting enough nutrition. I can easily eat about 1200 calories a day, which is pretty normal. (I don't usually, of course.) We've just started trying, I'm about 11 months post op. I went off birth control at 10 months post op, and we used other BC methods for a month. I'm pretty close to my goal so I feel good about it. I'm VERY impatient!