1st glucose screening when?

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Silly question, but I just CAN NOT remember this one. If one was a gestational diabetic in a previous pregnancy, at what gestation should the blood glucose be screened in subsequent pregnancies?? Any other complications, warning signs, etc. to be aware of? I just can NOT dig the answers out of the recesses of my mind on this one!

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Specializes in Med-surg; OB/Well baby; pulmonology; RTS.

I think ob/gyn's start screening around 24-28 weeks. Some warning signs would be excessive eating/hunger, excessive thirst, and excessive urination (well-that is kind of hard to ascertain in pregnancy).

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28 weeks is the usual time for the one hour glucola. However, some docs do one at the beginning of the pregnancy in addition to the 28 week one.

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

26-28 weeks most of the time around here. Maybe even earlier if previous strong history exists or particularly at risk.

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Thannks! I knew I could count on all of you on here!

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