7.2.0.0 Ges­ta­tion­al Di­a­betes Mel­li­tus

7.2.1.0 Ini­tial Test­ing

Be­cause GDM may rep­re­sent pre­ex­ist­ing undi­ag­nosed type 2 or even type 1 di­a­betes, women with GDM should be test­ed for per­sis­tent di­a­betes or predi­a­betes at 4–12 weeks post­par­tum with a 75-g OGTT using nonpreg­nan­cy cri­te­ria as out­lined in Sec­tion 2 “Clas­sification and Di­ag­no­sis of Di­a­betes.”