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Gestational Diabetes: Diagnosis
This primary glucose test will not provide you with a diagnosis, it is simply a tool to determine if you may have a problem and should then go on to the next series of tests. The first test however, is simple. You arrive at the lab or doctors office and are handed a fizzy drink that contains between 50 and 100 grams of glucose. It is syrupy and sweet and you must drink it within 10 minutes. After 10 minutes the clock starts. One hour after consuming this drink your blood is drawn and sent off to...