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A first pregnancy, from eight weeks to the postpartum ward

31 yG1P0GA 8+2Longitudinal

Six visits, a screening result that needs a second test, a blood pressure that creeps, and a labour that ends the way most do.

  1. 8+2 weeksGA 8+2Step 1

    First visit

    She attends for her first prenatal visit. Nausea most mornings, no bleeding. Blood pressure 106/64. You take the history and order the initial panel.

    HR 78 · BP 106/64

    Given her family history and BMI, which is true about diabetes screening for her?