Patient's question:
I am pregnant with 3 months, and it is necessary to have a thorough check-up and diabetes test during this period. I can eat and sleep, and I feel fine because I have been eating a lot of water. The doctor recommended that I have a diabetes test. What kind of diabetes tests should pregnant women have?Doctor's answer:
A 29-year-old woman who recently became pregnant should pay attention to screening for gestational diabetes. Generally, if you want to carefully check for gestational diabetes, you can perform the following detailed checks:1. Blood glucose test: The blood glucose levels of normal pregnant women are generally higher than normal and rarely lower than 5.6 mmol/L (100 mg/dL; fasting blood glucose is usually 3.3–4.4 mmol/L [60–80 mg/dL]).
2. Urine glucose test: A urine glucose test should be performed for all pregnant women undergoing check-ups. If it is negative in the early pregnancy, it should be repeated in the middle and late stages.