Gestational Diabetes Diagnosis
Gestational diabetes mostly occurs in the half or second trimester of your pregnancy. Your healthcare provider might check for it between the 24th and 28th weeks, or before that if you are at increasing risk. Your doctor might ask for a glucose tolerance test. You will drink 50 grams of sugar in a sugary drink that will increase your blood sugar. An hour later, you will need a blood glucose test to check how your body is handling all that sugar. If the results indicate that your blood glucose is increasing than a normal level.
Then, you will require a 3 hour oral glucose test that means you will get a blood sugar test 3 hours after the 100 gram sugary drink. Your healthcare provider might also test you by attaining you too fast for almost 12 hours then providing you with a 75 grams sugar drink and a 2 hour blood sugar test.