She had diabetes in a past pregnancy.
One of her past babies was born very big (more than 4 kilograms).
One of her past babies was very ill or died at birth and no one knows why.
She is fat.
She is thirsty all the time.
She has frequent itching and a bad smell coming from her vagina.
Her wounds heal slowly.
She has to urinate more often than other pregnant women.
Her uterus is bigger than normal for how many months she has been pregnant.
Use the urine testing 'dipsticks' supplied for your health facility. If there is excess sugar in the urine, the colour will change from light green to brown.
A simple test at home can also be done: ask the woman to urinate in a clean container. Leave it outside. If ants climb into the container, there is probably sugar in the woman's urine.
Sometimes diabetes can improve if the woman eats a good diet and exercises.
She must eat a wide variety of healthy foods, avoid candy and sugar, eat frequent, small meals.