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Milely · 10-15-2009, 07:12 PM

Current recommendations are to ask your obstetrician to monitor your own glucose levels and check Hgb A1C (if this just sounded like a foreign language, print off this page and take it with you to your next appointment). You will need to obtain a glucometer (glucose monitoring kit) and check your blood sugars when you first wake up in the morning (fasting blood sugar) and 2 hours after a meal (post-prandial blood sugar). This will give gastric bypass patients more accurate documentation when screening for gestational diabetes. Good luck. I asked the OB/GYN's I work with and this is what I was told

sherry7 · 10-21-2009, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Milely

Current recommendations are to ask your obstetrician to monitor your own glucose levels and check Hgb A1C (if this just sounded like a foreign language, print off this page and take it with you to your next appointment). You will need to obtain a glucometer (glucose monitoring kit) and check your blood sugars when you first wake up in the morning (fasting blood sugar) and 2 hours after a meal (post-prandial blood sugar). This will give gastric bypass patients more accurate documentation when screening for gestational diabetes. Good luck. I asked the OB/GYN's I work with and this is what I was told

Great info...thanks!