World Diabetes Day and Gestational Diabetes (GD)
Wednesday November 14, 2007
Today is World Diabetes Day. A day to take a few minutes to learn about diabetes and what it means in your life from risk factors to daily living. In pregnancy, that means talking about gestational diabetes or diabetes in pregnancy. Gestational Diabetes (GD) is routinely screened for between 24-28 weeks of pregnancy using your health history. If your practitioner believes you need to have your blood screened based on the other health history screening, you will be tested at that point. This test is usually done by having your drink a really sweet drink called Glucola and then having your blood taken for testing. If you do not "pass" this version, then you will take a three hour test for gestational diabetes. Thankfully my doctor let me do the jelly bean alternative so I didn't have to drink that stuff.
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Comments
I was diagnosed with GD and then found out it was type 2. If you have GD be sure that after the pregnancy and postpartum that you get a blood test. Talk to your doctor.