Screening for gestational diabetes should occur

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The need for insulin increases during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy because these are the periods during which much of the growth of tissue in both the mother and fetus occurs.Screening for GDM occurs between 24 and 28 weeks' gestation to monitor the maternal insulin response.Toward the end of pregnancy, 38 to 40 weeks, insulin needs and levels peak at two to three times the prepregnancy levels.

Screening for Gestational Diabetes Should Occur