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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Gestational diabetes occurs when a woman exhibits high blood sugar for the first time during pregnancy. Scientists have determined a correlation between maternal weight and risk of gestational diabetes. In an effort to reach more women at risk of having heavy babies, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently broadened the diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes.
Diabetes is a disease in which a person has high levels of blood glucose (sugar) in the bloodstream. All people need glucose for energy, but having too much can be harmful, and when a woman is pregnant, it can also injure the baby.
Babies born to mothers who have gestational diabetes are at risk for: macrosomia (larger-size), shoulder dystocia, low-blood glucose at birth, and breathing problems. Babies with excess insulin, which actually causes low blood glucose at birth, become children who are at risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes later in life.
http://www.newswise.com/articles/gestational-diabetes-a-heavy-problem
Diabetes is a disease in which a person has high levels of blood glucose (sugar) in the bloodstream. All people need glucose for energy, but having too much can be harmful, and when a woman is pregnant, it can also injure the baby.
Babies born to mothers who have gestational diabetes are at risk for: macrosomia (larger-size), shoulder dystocia, low-blood glucose at birth, and breathing problems. Babies with excess insulin, which actually causes low blood glucose at birth, become children who are at risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes later in life.
http://www.newswise.com/articles/gestational-diabetes-a-heavy-problem