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Diabetes and Pregnancy

What is diabetes?

If you have diabetes, your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. Glucose comes from the foods you eat. A hormone called insulin helps the glucose get into your cells to give them energy. With type 1 diabetes, your body does not make insulin. With type 2 diabetes, your body does not make or use insulin well. Without enough insulin, the glucose stays in your blood.

What is gestational diabetes?

Some people already have diabetes before they get pregnant. But others may develop diabetes during pregnancy. This type of diabetes is called gestational diabetes. It usually develops around the 24th week of pregnancy. It happens when your body can't make the extra insulin it needs during pregnancy. Researchers think gestational diabetes is caused by the hormonal changes of pregnancy, along with genetic and lifestyle factors.

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  1. Diabetes and Pregnancy (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... the glucose stays in your blood. What is gestational diabetes? Some people already have diabetes before they get ... during pregnancy. This type of diabetes is called gestational diabetes. It usually develops around the 24th week of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/diabetesandpregnancy.html - Health Topics
  2. Gestational diabetes 
    Gestational diabetes is a disorder characterized by abnormally high levels of blood glucose (also called blood sugar) during ... subsequent pregnancies. Additionally, about half of women with gestational diabetes develop another form of diabetes, known as type ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/gestational-diabetes - Genetics
  3. Gestational diabetes - self-care 
    Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar (glucose) that starts during pregnancy. If you've been diagnosed with gestational diabetes, learn how to manage your blood sugar so ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000598.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Gestational diabetes diet 
    Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar (glucose) that starts during pregnancy. Eating a balanced, healthy diet can help you manage gestational diabetes. The diet recommendations that follow are for women ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007430.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Diabetes 
    ... the young), and diabetes due to other illnesses. Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar that develops at any ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001214.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Gestational diabetes 
    Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar (glucose) that starts or is first diagnosed during pregnancy. ... woman's blood. You are at greater risk for gestational diabetes if you: Are older than 25 when you ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000896.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Glucose screening tests during pregnancy 
    ... checks a pregnant woman's blood glucose (sugar) level. Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar ( diabetes ) that starts or ... This test checks for gestational diabetes . Most pregnant women ... test between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy. The test may be done ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007562.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Infant of diabetic mother 
    There are two forms of diabetes during pregnancy: Gestational diabetes -- high blood sugar (diabetes) that starts or is first detected during pregnancy Pre-existing or pre-gestational diabetes -- already having diabetes before becoming pregnant If diabetes ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001597.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. About Gestational Diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Get tested for gestational diabetes and treated for your health and your baby’s.
    https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/about/gestational-diabetes.html - External Health Links
  10. Breastfeeding May Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk among Women with Gestational Diabetes, NIH Study Suggests From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    “NIH, NICHD, breastfeeding, reduce, type 2 diabetes, women, gestational diabetes, study, research
    https://www.nih.gov/...women-gestational-diabetes-nih-study-suggests - External Health Links
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