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Gestational Diabetes

I’m pregnant with my second baby. With my first I had borderline gestational diabetes. I controlled it with diet. The doctor went ahead and told me to do the diet again before I even took the glucose test. Why is that?

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I am 32 and just had my gestational diabetes finger stick blood test which read 145 mg/dl [8.1 mmol/L]. I didn’t know I was going to take the test before going to the physician’s office that morning. Would my diet on the day of the test possibly have caused the blood sugar level to be high?

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Why is fasting glucose so important during pregnancy? Why should a fasting level that’s higher than normal be a problem if it’s not in the very high range? Also, I don’t understand why I’m allowed to have two-hour postprandial levels that are higher than my fasting level.

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I am on four insulin injections per day to control gestational diabetes diagnosed at 28 weeks. What is the general recommendation for blood glucose levels during labor in order to avoid hypoglycemia in the newborn?

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I am scheduled to have my gestational diabetes screening done in a week, and I have had a rapid weight gain. Everything that I have read says that you will lose weight, not gain it. Is it possible for me to be gaining weight instead of losing if I have gestational diabetes? Why would they be so concerned?

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I am 28 weeks pregnant with my first child and three days before my three hour GTT, I changed my diet to smaller meals with each meal containing less carbohydrate, a little more protein, and a lot less fruit. Did the diet that I had before the test change the result of my test? Is the test result accurate?

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I developed gestational diabetes with my second and third pregnancies in 1992 and 1997. In 2000, I began exhibiting the symptoms of Type 1 and began taking insulin injections. I have met other women who developed Type 1 after experiencing gestational diabetes. I can’t find any medical studies, research or information describing our situation. Can you help me?

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Is any correlation between gestational diabetes and anemia of which I should be aware? Could the two be related to another underlying condition, such as HELLP syndrome or anything else?

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I was just diagnosed with gestational diabetes. For the past four weeks, I have been craving and eating extra carbohydrates. Could this put my child at risk for birth defects?

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During the early weeks of my pregnancy, my blood sugars were somewhat high. Would this put my baby at risk for birth defects? Could I have had diabetes before my pregnancy?

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