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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Gestational Diabetes is an affliction whereas pregnant women that don?t have Diabetes experience high blood sugar levels during their pregnancy. Estimates are that fully 18% of all pregnancies are affected by Gestational Diabetes.
It is not known why this happens, but it appears as though the problem is related to insulin resistance. As the fetus grows, hormones from the babies placenta help the fetus advance, however these hormones create an insulin resistance in the mother, forcing the pancreas to make more insulin. Without insulin, sugars and carbohydrates cannot be converted to energy, making the mothers glucose level rise. This is termed hyperglycemia.
This finding can have an adverse affect on your unborn child, so controlling Gestational Diabetes is good medicine.
http://guardianlv.com/2012/12/diabe...-gestational-diabetes-and-pre-diabetes-video/
It is not known why this happens, but it appears as though the problem is related to insulin resistance. As the fetus grows, hormones from the babies placenta help the fetus advance, however these hormones create an insulin resistance in the mother, forcing the pancreas to make more insulin. Without insulin, sugars and carbohydrates cannot be converted to energy, making the mothers glucose level rise. This is termed hyperglycemia.
This finding can have an adverse affect on your unborn child, so controlling Gestational Diabetes is good medicine.
http://guardianlv.com/2012/12/diabe...-gestational-diabetes-and-pre-diabetes-video/