Insulin Resistance (IR) is defined as “the inability of cells to respond to the action of insulin in transporting glucose (sugar) from the bloodstream into muscle and other tissues.” When the muscle will not receive insulin, the pancreas compensates by making more insulin. Insulin is a hormone and its main job is to help in […]
Tag Archives: Gestational Diabetes
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When you are around 24 weeks pregnant, your doctor will give you what is known as the Glucose Tolerance Test. The purpose of this test is to determine whether or not you have gestational diabetes. You will be asked to drink a highly concentrated sugar drink and then you will have blood drawn to determine […]
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Thirteen hours of foodless torture and six blood samples later, I had established I didn’t have gestational diabetes. What ever that is. Wait, what is that? It suddenly occurred to me I had been submitted to this three hour glucose test, after failing a glucose challenge for a pregnancy condition I knew nothing about. Well, […]
If there is one thing I have experience with it is having gestational diabetes. I have had it with three separate pregnancies and I am going to provide you with some helpful information as well as detailing some of my experiences. The first thing I would like to tell expectant mothers is that if you […]
Gestational diabetes is a condition that occurs in about 3 percent of pregnant women. The condition is characterized by elevated blood glucose levels during pregnancy, and after the baby is born the mom’s blood sugars usually return to normal. This condition is very serious and can lead to conditions such as preeclampsia, postmaturity of the […]