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What happens if a pregnant woman gets diabetes?
Gestational diabetes may also increase your risk of: High blood pressure and preeclampsia. Gestational diabetes raises your risk of high blood pressure, as well as preeclampsia — a serious complication of pregnancy that causes high blood pressure and other symptoms that can threaten the lives of both mother and baby.
Can you tell if a baby has diabetes in the womb?
Your healthcare provider will screen you for gestational diabetes between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy. This screening is done using an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). An OGTT checks a woman’s blood sugar levels after she has sugar (glucose).
Can eating sugar cause gestational diabetes?
A: Eating sugary foods will not increase your risk for gestational diabetes. If you are diagnosed with gestational diabetes it will be important to manage your carbohydrate intake to best manage your blood sugar levels.
Do mothers with gestational diabetes deliver early?
The complications caused by elevated blood sugar levels can increase the risk of premature birth. Studies show that the risk of premature delivery due to gestational diabetes is greater if a mother develops diabetes before the 24th week of pregnancy. 2 After the 24th week, the chances of preterm birth go down.
Can you get rid of gestational diabetes during pregnancy?
Unlike other types of diabetes, gestational diabetes usually goes away on its own and soon after delivery blood sugar levels return to normal, says Dr. Tania Esakoff, clinical director of the Prenatal Diagnosis Center. “There is no need for gestational diabetes to take away from the joys of pregnancy.”
What are the signs of diabetes in pregnancy?
feeling more thirsty
How do you know if you have gestational diabetes?
Early Signs You’re At Risk. One in 100 women develop diabetes before pregnancy.
What does gestational diabetes feel like?
Women with gestational diabetes usually have no symptoms. Most learn they have it during routine pregnancy screening tests. Rarely, especially if the gestational diabetes is out of control, you may notice: Feeling more thirsty. Feeling more hungry and eating more.