Signs of Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes occurs in 4 percent of women during pregnancy and affects the body in a similar manner to Type 2 diabetes, including the presence of increased levels of insulin and sugar in the bloodstream. When a woman has gestational diabetes, she may have diabetes only for the duration of her pregnancy; however, about 2 out of 3 of women who have gestational diabetes develop Type 2 Diabetes later in life.
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Gestational Diabetes – What You Need to Know
Gestational diabetes is often a temporary condition that affects about 135,000 women each year – that’s 4% of all women that get pregnant. gestational diabetes is a situation that occurs in which women have a high blood glucose level during the later stages of pregnancy, even when they have never had diabetes before. Usually, the diabetes goes away after the pregnancy, but it may return later in life.
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Gestational Diabetes: Pregnancy and Diabetes Mythbusters
If your doctor has just told you that you have gestational diabetes, you may not know how concerned you should be. On one hand, you know that diabetes is a serious condition, and that may worry you. On the other, you’ve been told that this type of diabetes goes away after you deliver your baby, so you may think that you don’t have to do anything about it.
What’s a myth and what’s a fact?
Safe Workouts during Pregnancy
Exercise has many benefits for pregnant women trying to avoid gestational diabetes. It helps to keep diabetic women’s pregnancy weight gain within a healthy level. It makes diabetic women feel better by releasing endorphins, ‘feel-good’ chemicals in the brain. It also boosts energy, relieves backache, helps prevent constipation, and lets you sleep better.
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