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Gestational Diabetes

I am 38 years old and pregnant with my second child. During my last pregnancy I had a slightly elevated one-hour glucose test result and a normal three-hour GTT. This time my oen-hour result was 179 mg/dl [9.9 mmol/L]. I am so concerned with this result that I have been following a low-carb diet and have increased my exercise. Is it a good idea to modify my diet now?

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Recently, I had gestational diabetes for the second (or possibly third) time, and my doctors suggest that I merely monitor my blood glucose post-partum instead of taking the follow-up OGTT at this time. Some of my after meal numbers seem still high to me, but my A1c remains less than 5%. What numbers should I be watching for?

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I have gestational diabetes, and I was just wondering how was it found. Was it just stumbled upon?

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Due to bad scheduling errors, I am due to take my three-hour GTT at 32 weeks gestation, and a nurse told me that it would be more likely that I will ‘fail’ as this test was supposed to be done at 28 weeks. Is this true?

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I am 37 weeks pregnant and have gestational diabetes. There are some mornings when I have ketones in my urine. This doesn’t seem to concern my doctor very much, but concerns my dietitian. What will a small amount of ketones four times a week do to the baby?

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My wife did a two-hour after meal blood sugar test in her 31st week of pregnancy which was 7.2 mmol/L [130 mg/dl]. This was high [Normal: 3-6.9 mmol/L or 65-124 mg/dl]. How serious is this?

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I am 28 years old and I am 5 weeks pregnant with my sixth pregnancy. Because of previous history with borderline gestational diabetes, I was given the glucose test at 4 weeks and it came back at a level of 146. Would these levels on the first test be thrown off as a result of diet?

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I am 23 weeks pregnant and since I was16 weeks pregnant, my blood sugars have been high. However, my doctor seems to think this is okay and even said that my baby measures perfectly normal. I am very concerned. Do I need a second opinion?

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I had gestational diabetes during my last pregnancy, I just recently found out that I am five weeks pregnant, and I am already monitoring my sugars. I have had a few that were a little high. Since this early in a pregnancy what are the expected fasting and two hour after meal readings? Could these be controlled for the meantime with diet? Could this be type 2 diabetes?

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I have PCOS, I am 14 weeks into my first pregnancy, I’m having twins, and since my glucose screen was high, my doctor ordered a three-hour GTT. I have several questions.

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