Dr Mushtaqur Rahman, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist explains what tests are done for people who might have Gestational Diabetes. He says that this should be through about at the stage where you are thinking about getting pregnant.
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So, you will be offered a screening test between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy, unless you previously had gestational diabetes, in which case often units will offer them earlier. If you have had gestational diabetes before, or you fall into this risk category, I would recommend that you plan your pregnancy and you get an HbA1c done beforehand, just in case you've developed diabetes beforehand, before knowing that you're pregnant, because then there's other pathways that we would follow. But ordinarily, you would be screened at the time interval that I've told you. you
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