Abstract
With increasing prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus, prevalence of contraceptive use is also in rise in Bangladesh. This quantitative study was designed with the objectives to estimate the proportion of hormonal contraceptive users and non-users among patients with gestational diabetes mellitus and observe the glycemic level in relation to Hormonal Contraceptive use. The findings suggested no role of hormonal contraceptive in altering glycemic status in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus and hormonal contraceptive user group comprised 44.6% participants whereas non-user group comprised 55.4%.