gestational diabetes

 Gestational diabetes is diabetes that only affects a woman during pregnancy. It affects 10 in 100 women so is very common. Its not to be confused with diabetes that exists as a condition BEFORE you become pregnant. With gestational diabetes women who are afflicted typically go back to normal after pregnancy and have normal blood sugar and insulin levels. If you suffer from gestational diabetes once then the chances are high that you will experience it in future pregnancies. Its is believed that gestational diabetes occurs because a pregnant woman’s body produces less insulin than normal and /or also because a pregnant woman’s body cannot process insulin like it can in a non pregnant state. This causes high blood sugar levels in the woman and is a key reason that blood sugar is tested for during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes can result in a large baby and make giving birth difficult. Other pregnancy complications that can occur with gestational diabetes include infections of the uterus, bladder, cervix and kidneys. It is highly recommended that your doctor help you regulate your blood sugar levels during pregnancy if you have diabetes and part of this plan will probably include eating smaller meals more regularly and having some form of regular exercise.

Diabetes and pregnancy

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Epilipsy and pregnancy

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Pregnancy weight

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Cardiac disease and Pregnancy

As with any pre-existing condition, if you have cardiac disease it is very important that you seek advice from your cardiologist and obstetrician before becoming pregnant. Your doctor may advise pre-conception surgery to correct… Read more

Folic Acid Pregnancy

Taking folic acid use before you become pregnant, preconception is right up there in the pregnancy preparation list of important things to do. Proper levels of folic acid before pregnancy can help protect baby, by up to 70%, from neural tube defects such as… Read more

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Queen of France pregnant after 12 years childless

There is hope for childless women.

The following reads like it is impossible or untrue but there is nothing to suggest that it is untrue. The fact that the person you are about to read about was very much in the public eye, being a Queen and that it was known she could not become pregnant, suggest that this story is in fact true. Read more

Life is over the baby is born

Life is starting – the baby is born ! This is a better way to look at it because there is a build up to the birth of a baby that brings with it that feeling that your life is over – that the life you are… Read more

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