About Pregnancy & Childbirth: New Test Predicts Gestational Diabetes Before Pregnancy

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New Test Predicts Gestational Diabetes Before Pregnancy Sep 4th 2013, 08:54 About 4% of all pregnant women will develop gestational diabetes in pregnancy. This is typically detected in a screening done around the 28th week of pregnancy by having a mother drink a sugary drink known as Glucola and then testing her body's response to the sugar it contains. There are many severe consequences of gestational diabetes or GD. By screening and treating those who are positive, these consequences can be drastically reduced. Now a newer test, one that can be done prior to pregnancy, looks for a hormone called adiponectin. If a woman has these lowered levels prior to pregnancy, she is at a seven times greater risk of developing gestational diabetes. This is something that could be tested for in a pre-conceptional health visit. The benefits of testing prior to pregnancy may include the ability to alter your levels prior to getting pregnant to lower your risk. The current research hasn't been done on that aspect, but it will be looked at in the future. It will also allow you and your practitioner to consider earlier and more frequent monitoring of your GD status, before the routine 28 week mark in pregnancy. Source: M. M. Hedderson, J. Darbinian, P. J. Havel, C. P. Quesenberry, S. Sridhar, S. Ehrlich, A. Ferrara. Low Prepregnancy Adiponectin Concentrations Are Associated With a Marked Increase in Risk for Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes Care, 2013; DOI: 10.2337/dc13-0389 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Join the conversation! NEWSLETTER | PINTEREST | TWITTER FACEBOOK | GOOGLE+ | CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photo © Jim Delillo | Dreamstime.com New Test Predicts Gestational Diabetes Before Pregnancy originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013 at 08:54:16. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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