Gestational Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes can occur in pregnancy
- it is manageable with diet and/or medication either orally or by injection
In the pregnancy you will do a 1 hr glucose test at 28wks but may do one sooner if you have a family or personal history of diabetes - you may need to do a 2 hr fasting test or two it will depend on what happens in your pregnancy
If you test positive for diabetes in these tests your midwife will refer you to the diabetic team at the hospital who will see you during your pregnancy and help you manage the diabetes in pregnancy
Gestational diabetes goes away after the birth of the baby but you have a pre warning that in later life your risk of developing diabetes is higher and can reoccur in future pregnancies
www.babycentre.co.uk/
- it is manageable with diet and/or medication either orally or by injection
In the pregnancy you will do a 1 hr glucose test at 28wks but may do one sooner if you have a family or personal history of diabetes - you may need to do a 2 hr fasting test or two it will depend on what happens in your pregnancy
If you test positive for diabetes in these tests your midwife will refer you to the diabetic team at the hospital who will see you during your pregnancy and help you manage the diabetes in pregnancy
Gestational diabetes goes away after the birth of the baby but you have a pre warning that in later life your risk of developing diabetes is higher and can reoccur in future pregnancies
www.babycentre.co.uk/
