What is c-peptide?is this related with pregnancy?
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A C-peptide test measures the level of this peptide in the blood. It is generally found in amounts equal to insulin. Insulin helps the body use and control the amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood. Insulin allows glucose to enter body cells where it is used for energy. The level of C-peptide in the blood can show how much insulin is being made by the pancreas. C-peptide does not affect the blood sugar level in the body.
C-peptide is released in the same quantity as insulin is released. So, if your c-peptide is high then you are secreting too much insulin which is a sign that your cells have become insulin resistant. Insulin resistant means the insulin present for the cells to use (to allow glucose to enter the cell)... but the cells can't effectively use the insulin. It usually means that glucose levels will start to run too high.
Many women develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy. It is only dangerous if you don't keep your sugars under control with diet and/or meds your M.D. prescribes. I had it with my twin pregnancy. I had to check my sugars 4 times a day, follow a strict diet, and took Glucophage. I never ended up needing insulin shots. My babies were born healthy.
Good luck with your pregnancy.
I'm afraid publishing the level without all the other pertinent information is no good. We can't give you an answer without all the specifics, and it's best that you not put them out in a public forum like this. The level will give your doctor some idea of how well the beta cells in your Islets of Langerhans are doing, but what information he gleans from this is going to be determined by what questions he wanted answered to begin with, and that's going to be determined by things like (1) whether you're a known, long-term, type II diabetic or (2) whether he's trying to figure whether you're a new-onset type I vs. type II, or (3) whether--and I doubt this one--you're surreptitiously taking insulin that hasn't been prescribed for you. This test takes a lot of interpretation, rather than being a right/wrong thing.
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