For those of you who have been pregnant

Know how totally awesome the glucose tolerance test is.  If not, it's a test they do at about 28 weeks to check if you have gestational diabetes.   Well, when I arrived to my appointment Tuesday afternoon I was a few minutes early and I just waited, and waited, and waited.  Once the RN took me into the room after 30 minutes of waiting she asked, "Did you drink the glucose drink?"  And I just looked at her with wide eyes and said, I'm so sorry, I totally forgot!  So I had to go to the lab, which luckily is right next door, and take 5-8 minutes to drink what appears to be orange Gatorade.  First swallow I thought, well, this isn't so bad, but then by the end it gave me nausea and a little bit of heartburn. 

The orange beverage they call a glucose drink

So then I go back to the appointment, continue to wait, and wait and wait.  My doctor, whom I must say is the most awesome OB ever!  Her name is Dr. Rebecca Ponder, but she prefers we call her Sam.  She has a tongue ring and the cutest pixie cut!  So we hear the heartbeat, she asks if there are any questions (By the way, the baby is fine). 

After an hour of drinking this beverage, I go back to get my blood drawn.  Not just one tube, but 4!  Well, the phlebotomist is super slow and shaky and I'm thinking, does she even know what she is doing?  I have never lived in such agony having my blood drawn.  And then she thought it would be a good idea that she cut off the entire circulation of my arm just from the colored tape they wrap around it!  She then said to me, "Now, leave this on for 20 minutes," and I just thought, um..is my arm going to fall off? 

Oh, it's not over yet.  I had to go back to my appointment to get a RhoGam shot because of my negative blood type.  Well, once again, I had to wait, and wait, and wait.  Surprisingly, the shot took 5 seconds and I was finally out the door.  It was quite the experience at the doctors office.