22nd November 2010 18:46
Hi breeze, Ive had this done on each of my pregnancies because of a strong family history of diabetes. Thankfully its been negative each time. Basically what I had to do was show up at the hosp at about 9am, they took blood and I had to drink about 600mls of Lucozade as quickly as possible. Then i had to wait for an hour, then blood taken again, then another hours wait, then more blood another hours wait, more blood, one more hours wait and final lot of blood so 4 lots of blood over 3 hours so over by about 12ish. Was given tea and toast then before I good go home. I was always told they would phone in the afternoon if test came back positive. The waiting around in between bloods can be boring so stock up on a few books or magazines. You cant eat or drink until all the bloods have been taken and that was the hardest part for me. Good luck with your test.