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Do I have insulin resistance?

Someone just told me that they think that I "clearly" have insulin resistance. I would like the opinion of others on this. I took the Glucose Tolerance Test for pregnant women (i.e., I had to drink 100 ml of glucose and then have my blood drawn every hour). My fasting number was perfectly normal (73). One hour after drinking that stuff, my blood sugar was 136. I understand that was a really good number as well, because normal is under 180. But then, inexplicably, my blood sugar kept RISING instead of going down. By the end of the GTT (i.e., 3 hours after drinking all that glucose) my reading was 170.

From what I’ve read about insulin resistance, people that have it will have their blood sugar spike and stay high, leading ultimately to some sort of a crash several hours later. In my case, my body did just fine processing the large glucose load… at least at first… and THEN my blood sugar started to rise to weird levels. Am I missing something? (I’m not afraid to be told that I am; that’s why I’m asking)

My blood sugar readings are always in the normal range (generally in the 70s and 80s), although I have gotten some numbers in the 60s, 90s, and sometimes (but rarely) in the 100s.

I am not overweight (unless you want to call being pregnant overweight); I exercise regularly; and with some exceptions I generally eat healthy. My entire life I’ve never been able to eat much in the way of sweets because they make me feel sick.
p.s. My doctor thinks my GTT test results were because my body had a stress reaction to having that much sugar at one time. That’s why I brought up the fact that I’ve never been able to eat much in the way of sweets. My doctor doesn’t think I have diabetes, and she doesn’t seem to think I will get it in the future unless I totally get crazy with my weight and diet and gain like 300 lbs. I trust my doctor completely, and tend to think she is telling me accurate information. But the "someone" that told me I am insulin resistant thinks my doctor is crazy and I need to find a new one… that’s why I am asking for other input.

The 170 is concerning, and it is really best to consult your doctor on such issues especially given that you’re pregnant. If you’re really worried about this, ask for a referral to an endocrinologist who specializes in gestational diabetes. They would be better able to figure out what your chances are, if any, of developing diabetes at any point.

As a side note – eating sugar or sweets does not cause diabetes. Sugar has absolutely nothing to do with the development of diabetes, so steering clear of sugary snacks does not mean that you are in the clear when it comes to the potential of developing type two diabetes. Continue doing what you’re doing – eat healthy, exercise (I’m sure there are some exercises you can do while you’re pregnant!) and look into this!

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