PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for May, 2001: Re: Ketones??

Re: Ketones??

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 24 May 2001 09:22:50 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 23 May 2001, Dee wrote: >
>I just read your response to someone else about the dangers of ketones.
>I had them in my urine at my 26 week visit last week. My doctor was not
>concerned and just asked me to greatly increase the amount of water I am
>drinking. He told me not to worry at all. My glucose test was normal,
>so I don't have gestational diabetes. Any other suggestions about the
>ketones??? (What's weird is that I had 10 weeks of vomiting with this
>pregnancy and never once had a problem with ketones. Now I am finally
>over the morning sickness and do have ketones....ugh!)

Occasional ketones is not an issue and they can occur to a slight degree even when one does not eat in a timely fashion. It is the ongoing presence of ketones that can potentially cause a problem... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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