When you are around 24 weeks pregnant, your doctor will give you what is known as the Glucose Tolerance Test. The purpose of this test is to determine whether or not you have gestational diabetes. You will be asked to drink a highly concentrated sugar drink and then you will have blood drawn to determine ...
Gestational diabetes is a condition that occurs in about 3 percent of pregnant women. The condition is characterized by elevated blood glucose levels during pregnancy, and after the baby is born the mom’s blood sugars usually return to normal. This condition is very serious and can lead to conditions such as preeclampsia, postmaturity of the ...
Thirteen hours of foodless torture and six blood samples later, I had established I didn’t have gestational diabetes. What ever that is. Wait, what is that? It suddenly occurred to me I had been submitted to this three hour glucose test, after failing a glucose challenge for a pregnancy condition I knew nothing about. Well, ...
Gestational Diabetes affects around 4% of pregnant women, usually affecting women late in their pregnancy. Although, it has been known to strike earlier in women who have already once been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes. There is no absolute known reason of why some women suffer from Gestational Diabetes. (American Diabetes Association) I have been diagnosed ...
There are not too many people who are familiar with gestational diabetes. Though it is a common problem, there are still a lot of points of this disease that the public are not familiar with. The simple definition of Gestational diabetes is when your blood sugar is too high while you are pregnant. Gestational diabetes ...
If there is one thing I have experience with it is having gestational diabetes. I have had it with three separate pregnancies and I am going to provide you with some helpful information as well as detailing some of my experiences. The first thing I would like to tell expectant mothers is that if you ...
Gestational Diabetes affects between two and five percent of all pregnancies. Sometimes, a pregnant woman’s body stops producing enough insulin, which converts glucose into energy. This creates glucose and carbohydrate intolerance, as carbohydrates convert to glucose in the bloodstream. The best treatment for Gestational Diabetes is a diet plan. Some women will require insulin shots ...
Insulin Resistance (IR) is defined as “the diminished ability of cells to respond to the action of insulin in transporting glucose (sugar) from the bloodstream into muscle and other tissues.” (www.medterms.com) When the muscle won’t accept the insulin, the pancreas overcompensates by producing more insulin. Insulin is a hormone and its main job is to ...
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