This is why your health care provider tests you for GDM during pregnancy. Your health care provider tests you for gestational diabetes with a prenatal test called a glucose tolerance test. You get the test at 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy.
If your glucose screening test comes back positive, you get another test called a glucose tolerance test to see for sure if you have gestational diabetes.
If you have GDM, your prenatal care provider wants to see you more often at prenatal care checkups so she can monitor you and your baby closely to help prevent problems.
At each checkup, you get tests to make sure you and your baby are doing well. Tests include a nonstress test and a biophysical profile. The biophysical profile is a nonstress test with an ultrasound. An ultrasound uses sound waves and a computer screen to show a picture of your baby in the womb.
Your provider also may ask you to do kick counts also called fetal movement counts. This is way for you to keep track of how often your baby moves in the womb. Here are two ways to do kick counts:. If you have GDM, your provider tells you how often to check your blood sugar, what your levels should be and how to manage them during pregnancy.
Blood sugar is affected by pregnancy, what you eat and drink, how much physical activity you get. You may need to eat differently and be more active.
You also may need to take insulin shots or other medicines. Treatment for GDM can help reduce your risk for pregnancy complications. Your provider begins treatment with monitoring your blood sugar levels, healthy eating and physical activity. Insulin is the most common medicine for GDM. For most women, gestational diabetes goes away after giving birth.
But having it makes you more likely to develop type 2 diabetes later in life. Type 2 diabetes is the most common kind of diabetes. Get expert tips and resources from March of Dimes and CDC to increase your chance of having a healthy, fully-term pregnancy and baby. Sign up for our emails to receive great health information and join us in the fight for the health of moms and babies.
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Need help? Frequently asked questions Contact us. Baby Caring for your baby Feeding your baby. These issues can happen in pregnancy and after birth. Birth congenital defects and miscarriage. These are more likely to occur in women who had diabetes before pregnancy. Large size macrosomia. Big babies are more likely to get hurt during delivery. These include shoulder injuries. Long-term problems. Babies born to mothers with diabetes are more likely to have diabetes and be obese later in life.
If you have risk factors for type 2 diabetes, such as being overweight, your provider will check you early in pregnancy. Your provider may test you during your first checkup. Your healthcare provider will screen you for gestational diabetes between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy. This screening is done using an oral glucose tolerance test OGTT. An OGTT checks a woman's blood sugar levels after she has sugar glucose.
You may have one of these tests:. One-step test. Your healthcare provider will check your blood sugar after a set amount of time. Two-step test.
During pregnancy, your healthcare provider will watch you and your baby closely. You may be treated by a specialist who cares for pregnant women with diabetes. Controlling your blood sugar levels is a must. Watch your blood sugar levels closely. Your healthcare provider may ask you to test your blood sugar at home. Watch your weight. Gestational diabetes starts when your body is not able to make and use all the insulin it needs for pregnancy. Without enough insulin, glucose cannot leave the blood and be changed to energy.
Glucose builds up in the blood to high levels, called hyperglycemia. Gestational diabetes affects the mother in late pregnancy, after the baby's body has been formed, but while the baby is busy growing. Because of this, gestational diabetes does not cause the kinds of birth defects sometimes seen in babies whose mothers had diabetes before pregnancy. However, untreated or poorly controlled gestational diabetes can hurt your baby. You are welcome to continue browsing this site with this browser.
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Testing for gestational diabetes All women are screened for gestational diabetes at their 24 to 28 week routine check-up. Treatment for gestational diabetes Most women diagnosed with gestational diabetes will have a healthy pregnancy, normal delivery and a healthy baby. Labour and birth If you have diabetes, it's strongly recommended that you give birth with the support of a consultant-led maternity team in a hospital.
After the birth Two to four hours after your baby is born, they will have a heel prick blood test to check whether their blood glucose level is too low. Back To Top. Gestational diabetes Gestational Diabetes Gestational diabetes mellitus sometimes referred to as GDM is a form of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy. Call us and speak to a Maternal Child Health Nurse for personal advice and guidance. Need further advice or guidance from our maternal child health nurses?
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