Comments on: Testing type 2 Diabetics for Gestational Diabetes? http://diabetic-information.com/testing-type-2-diabetics-for-gestational-diabetes/ Diabetes News Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:59:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: meliak http://diabetic-information.com/testing-type-2-diabetics-for-gestational-diabetes/#comment-629 meliak Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:04:53 +0000 http://diabetic-information.com/?p=712#comment-629 I'm a little confused as to when you found out you have Type 2 diabetes. Have you recently been diagnosed? You said you hadn't had diabetes with your 3 children. I would assume that you will be monitoring your sugar levels already as you are diabetic. Your doctor won't put you at any risk of having a hypoglycemic attack, if they believe it to be harmful then they will give you some form of insulin as a back up to ensure you get your levels down. It should be the same test as a normal pregnant person, I am surprised they are doing it to be quite honest as diabetes is diabetes - the gestational kind is just one that is found in pregnancy and is usually transient. You should be being managed for your diabetes regardless of whether you are pregnant or not. Best of luck Edit: Maybe it is just a standard protocol they have to follow whether you have diabetes or not?? I'm sorry I don't know any more about it. Hope everything goes well for you. I’m a little confused as to when you found out you have Type 2 diabetes. Have you recently been diagnosed? You said you hadn’t had diabetes with your 3 children.

I would assume that you will be monitoring your sugar levels already as you are diabetic. Your doctor won’t put you at any risk of having a hypoglycemic attack, if they believe it to be harmful then they will give you some form of insulin as a back up to ensure you get your levels down.

It should be the same test as a normal pregnant person, I am surprised they are doing it to be quite honest as diabetes is diabetes – the gestational kind is just one that is found in pregnancy and is usually transient. You should be being managed for your diabetes regardless of whether you are pregnant or not.

Best of luck

Edit: Maybe it is just a standard protocol they have to follow whether you have diabetes or not?? I’m sorry I don’t know any more about it. Hope everything goes well for you.

]]>