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Gestational diabetes question

My wife has recently been diagnosed with GD (she barely failed the 1 and 2 hours of her test, by 1 or 2 points) and the doctor's dietician has put her on a very restrictive diet. A …
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Possible Gestational Diabetes Misdiagnosis

Despite knowing better, I was pressured into taking the 2hr glucose tolerance test. I failed. Miserably. The test was 75gm Glucola and at 1hr my sugars were 208 and 2hr they were …
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Gestational Diabetes Glucose Test?

Docs are pressuring wifey to drink the koolaid. Should she, or shouldn't she? I remember finding a very astutely written article by none other than Dr Kurt Harris on his thoughts …
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How is it that higher prepregnancy intakes of animal fat and cholesterol were associated with elevated risk of gestational diabetes?

Here's the story as I found via Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120125163406.htm#.TyGPa0q9G1s.twitter The researchers utilized information from more t …