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Pregnancy And Sugar In Urine Occasionally
My question is regarding sugar in urine occasionally Im currently 22 weeks pregnant and have traces of sugar in urine only after a big meal or carbohydrates. Can this happen with pregnancy and not have gestational diabetes? In the morning and all throughout the day I won t show any sugar in my urine but I do notice after dinner I have a little. I m wondering if this is because it is a bigger meal, also where I eat carbohydrates. Can just being pregnant in general cause the urine to show sugars ?
Sun, 16 Jan 2011
During pregnancy, you can normally have some amount of sugars in urine (Renal glycosuria), without gestational diabetes. Very much possible. But i would suggest you to have a oral glucose tolerance test to rule out gestational diabetes.
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Thankyou so much for taking the time to reply. I will be going for the glucose tolerance test in two weeks. With my first pregnancy I occasionally showed sugar in my urine and passed the test. So I'm thinking it could be pregnancy related.
Is this because during pregnancy our kidneys are working harder?
Is this because during pregnancy our kidneys are working harder?
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