Celebrating third trimester with "the drink"

Today marks 27 weeks in my pregnancy, which according to some, is the start of the third and final trimester.  Baby and I celebrated today by getting a glucose screening test done.  A dear friend of mine was kind enough to accompany us for the 1 hour test during which my blood was drawn, I drank "the drink", waited for an hour and had my blood drawn again.  It was a screening test to see if my body was processing sugar correctly - if not, it would mean that I might have gestational diabetes (diabetes of the pregnant woman type).

When the lab technician asked me whether I had ever had "the drink" before, I told her, "No, I haven't.  But I have heard much about 'the drink'!"  It made her laugh.  She then offered me the choice of orange or plain flavour.  I opted for the orange.

"The drink" came in a little plastic bottle, refrigerated.  The technician said I had 5 minutes to down the whole thing.  I had been told that it would be incredibly sweet and pretty nasty tasting.  So I braced myself for the worst.

It was...  fine.

I finished it in less than a minute and thought to myself, I wonder if this is the same drink everyone else talks about?

I told the technician that if you've ever had to drink chinese medicine, this was nothing.  Chinese medicine is bitter and tastes like dirt.  This at least was sweet and citrus-y.

Conclusion?  Taste is relative.  When you've had something truly hard to swallow, the rest is surprisingly tolerable.  Here's to the final three months!