Glucose-tolerance test: Blood test done to evaluate the body's response to sugar.
Glucosuria: Glucose in the urine.
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A glucose-tolerance test is performed between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy to screen for gestational diabetes, which some women develop only during pregnancy. This test is safe and simple and involves the mother drinking a concentrated sugar... More ...
This is also the time when you may be asked to have the glucose-tolerance testing done. You will have some blood drawn, then will be asked to drink some very sweet cola type liquid. Then, in an hour, you will have blood drawn again.
I gained weight pretty normally, although I started out on the plus side (I had gained 10 lbs before getting pregnant!) but my blood pressure was always normal. My first glucose-tolerance test resulted in a high number, but the follow-up was normal.
 See also: Glucose, Gestation, Pregnancy, Gestational diabetes, Diabetes
  
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