Learn about the effects of gestational diabetes on your baby, including potential risks and how to manage them for a healthy pregnancy and reduced complications for your child.

2023年3月3日 · When you are pregnant, your cells become slightly more resistant to insulin. That raises the amount of sugar in your blood, which helps make more nutrients available to your baby. But if the...

2024年10月1日 · Gestational diabetes can cause several issues for a baby, including prematurity, breathing difficulties, and a higher risk of type 2 diabetes later in life.

2024年2月23日 · High blood sugar during pregnancy, also known as gestational diabetes, can cause a baby to be born early. It can also cause excess weight gain, low blood sugar after birth, and breathing...

2024年5月15日 · Diabetes during pregnancy can negatively affect the health of pregnant women and their babies. For pregnant women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, high blood sugar around conception increases the risk of health problems. These include birth …

2023年10月3日 · Gestational diabetes is a condition that causes elevated blood sugar levels during pregnancy. It is often temporary for the pregnant person and resolves after childbirth. This article explores...

Gestational diabetes occurs when hormones from the placenta block the effect of insulin, preventing the body from regulating the increased blood sugar of pregnancy effectively. This causes hyperglycemia (or high levels of sugar in the blood), which can damage the nerves, blood vessels and organs in your body when left unmanaged.

2022年4月9日 · Gestational diabetes causes high blood sugar that can affect your pregnancy and your baby's health. While any pregnancy complication is concerning, there's good news. During pregnancy you can help control gestational diabetes by eating healthy foods, exercising and, if necessary, taking medication.

2021年4月26日 · Shortly following the birth, it is common for infants born to a mother with gestational diabetes to experience health problems as a result of higher production of insulin that normal.

Most people with gestational diabetes have a healthy pregnancy and give birth to a healthy baby. Sometimes, however, gestational diabetes can cause complications that affect you and your baby during pregnancy and after birth. When you are diagnosed with gestational diabetes, we monitor your pregnancy more closely.