During pregnancy, glucose testing is performed on a woman to determine the risk of gestational diabetes. Most pregnant women do not have any side effects during the glucose test, but some may feel lightheaded and sweaty after drinking the glucose solution. The solution is very sweet and may make the woman dizzy. She may also experience some light bruising at the spot where the blood is drawn. Still, the risks are minimal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several protocols are available for screening women for gestational diabetes during pregnancy. The glucose challenge test is used to measure blood glucose levels one hour after drinking a glucose solution. Unlike a fasting glucose test, a glucose challenge test is different from a glucose tolerance test. If the glucose level is too high, it is often recommended that a woman undergo another test to confirm the diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A glucose tolerance test is another way to check the glucose level in pregnant women. However, a pregnant woman does not need to fast for this test. She can take the glucose test either after fasting for eight or 14 hours, or after two hours. The test involves three blood tests, with the first looking at the fasting glucose level, the second after an hour, and the third one looking at glucose levels after two hours. During pregnancy, most OBGYN providers use a glucose test of this type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Glucose screening is usually performed between 24 weeks and 28 weeks. However, high-risk women may be screened earlier. If the glucose challenge test indicates that the glucose level is too high, the doctor may want to perform a glucose tolerance test to get a better idea of the risk of gestational diabetes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the event you are expecting a baby, you may need to undergo a 1 hour glucose test pregnancy. This test is important for the health of the mother and the baby and can help detect diabetes. It should be performed by a medical professional. You should consult your provider if you have any concerns […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[327,325,326,324],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivingdiabetes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivingdiabetes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivingdiabetes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivingdiabetes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivingdiabetes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/survivingdiabetes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2024,"href":"https:\/\/survivingdiabetes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions\/2024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivingdiabetes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivingdiabetes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivingdiabetes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivingdiabetes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}