A temporary impairment of the ability to process sugar during pregnancy. The host is not the biological mother of the baby being carried. The fluid-filled sac in which the fetus grows and develops. An secretory organ or structure that produces or secretes essential body fluids or substances, such as hormones. Usually blood is drawn at fasting, and then the patient drinks or eats a certain amount of glucose.
Blood is drawn at one hour, two hours and three hours to check glucose levels.
Some may have an additional blood draw at a half hour. Caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonococcus. Follicle Stimulating Hormone and Leutenizing Hormone. The hormone which controls the production and release of gonadotropins. Secreted by the hypothalamus every ninety minutes or so, this hormone enables the pituitary to secrete LH and FSH, which stimulate the gonads.