What are common third trimester medical exams?
In the third trimester the first test that will be performed will be the gestational diabetes screening test. It’s simply a test in which you drink a concentrated sugar drink, and then get your blood drawn to determine what the level is. Based on the lab where this is drawn, if the level is higher than the cutoff, you will have screened positive for gestational diabetes. If so, then a more definitive diagnostic test will be performed. Most doctors perform a CBC, or a complete blood count, with that initial gestational diabetes screening to determine if anemia has set in, which is not uncommon in the third trimester of pregnancy. It may be recommended that you supplement iron during the third trimester of pregnancy as well.
