Hello! I am 37 weeks pregnant. I would like to know how long after the baby is born I should do the 75 g glucose load test to know if I have diabetes or not (what is the normal result that indicates that I do not have diabetes). I am also interested in what diet should be used after having a baby until the glucose load test is performed. Should it be the same as in pregnancy, or should it be different (if so, what)? Should the sugar standard measured with a glucometer 1.5 h after a meal still be between 60-120?
Good morning!
I understand you have gestational diabetes. The classic 75g glucose load test should be performed after the end of the puerperium, i.e. 6-12 weeks after giving birth. Until then, you should follow the diabetic diet as usual.
According to the standards established by the World He alth Organization, in he althy people the maximum blood glucose concentration two hours after a meal should be no more than 140 mg / dl (7.8 mmol / l).
Additionally, please remember that pregnant women suffering from diabetes are more burdened with the development of type 2 diabetes in the later period, so the determination of fasting blood glucose in the laboratory is performed every 2-3 years.
I also encourage you to breastfeed your baby. Nursing women return to good physical condition faster, and they regain their pre-pregnancy weight faster. It is likely that breastfeeding also reduces the risk of developing overt diabetes in women after gestational diabetes.
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Alina Krychowska-Ćwikła, MD, PhDSpecialist-obstetrician at the Ursynów Surgical Center and Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic SPZOZ Warszawa-Ursynów, assistant professor at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Faculty of He alth Sciences at the Medical University of Warsaw, editor of the Science and Didactics section of the quarterly "Obstetrician. Science and practice ”PZWL. I see at the Polmed Medical Center.
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