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Gestational Diabetes Screening During Pregnancy
Health

Were You Screened For Gestational Diabetes While Pregnant?

Expectant women are usually screened for gestational diabetes during their 24th to 28th week of pregnancy.
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Expectant women are usually screened for gestational diabetes during their 24th to 28th week of pregnancy. If the mom-to-be has other risk factors, she may be tested sooner. But, a new report revealed that not all impending mothers are undergoing the screening. It said:

A study of almost a million women suggests that about a third of pregnant women are not screened for gestational diabetes, and that the number now reported with the condition — about 135,000 cases a year, according to the American Diabetes Association— would almost double if recently proposed international screening recommendations, still under discussion, are confirmed in the coming months.

Additionally, it advised that women who have gestational diabetes should be tested in the postpartum phase since they are at risk for long-term diabetes. Were you screened while with child?

Handling Gestational Diabetes
Health and Fitness

OnSugar Blog: What Do You Mean I Can't Eat Chocolate!

Lots of moms think out loud, and Hansel and Gretel does too.
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Lots of moms think out loud, and Hansel and Gretel does too. What Do You Mean I Can't Eat Chocolate! comes from the Hansel and Gretel blog at OnSugar.

Chocolate and gestational diabetes should not be mentioned in the same sentence.

I have or shall I say 'had' a phobia of needles. So when my obstetrician breaks it to me the day before Good Friday (of all days), that I have gestational diabetes and need to get this under control or else I will need insulin shots, I felt sick in the stomach. I started to feel clammy and I suddenly had flashbacks to my uni days.

When I was a student teacher many years ago, I remember one occasion when I was standing against the wall at the school assembly early Monday morning 'my first day at this school, standing proud to be a grade six student teacher.' I wanted to make an impression and that I certainly did.

The assembly was nearly finished with the principal reeling off the important memos for the week. When the last important notice was a reminder that all grade 6 girls were to have their rubella needles the next day, well that was it for me. My legs became heavy, unable to hold me up, I felt dizzy, the room was spinning and then – thud! I not only slid down the wall but I also managed to fall and squash some poor innocent child. I woke up on the floor with several faces staring down at me. I was hot, clammy, numb and embarrassed. I just wanted to crawl into a big hole.

So being told that I may have to give myself needles several times daily, did not go down well.

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Early Pregnancy Weight Gain Tied to Gestational Diabetes
Pregnancy

Early Pregnancy Weight Gain Tied to Gestational Diabetes

Step away from the donuts and don't even think about picking up that candy bar.
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Step away from the donuts and don't even think about picking up that candy bar. In a new study to be released in next month's Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers have found a direct link between weight gained in the first trimester of pregnancy and gestational diabetes diagnoses. Gestational diabetes, which can be controlled through diet changes, affects seven percent of pregnancies each year.

In their three-year study of 1,145 Northern California women, researchers found that those who gained more than the recommended 1.1 - 4.4 pounds in their first trimester of pregnancy increased their gestational diabetes risk by about 50 percent. Women who were already overweight and then gained most of their weight in the front end of their pregnancies were twice as likely to develop the complication. The study also found that black, Hispanic and Asian women are at greater risk to develop gestational diabetes than white women who gain excessive early weight.

Gestational Diabetes, Pregnancy, and Large Babies
Pregnancy

What Do You Know About Gestational Diabetes?

There is nothing sweet about gestational diabetes.
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There is nothing sweet about gestational diabetes. The condition can be scary for an expecting mama, especially after hearing tales of large babies as a result of the condition. A worried mum-to-be can rest easy knowing that having diabetes while pregnant is not usually harmful as long as it's kept under control. Take the test to see how well you know gestational diabetes.

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Woman Gives Birth to Heaviest Baby on Record
Baby

19-Pound Baby Sets Birth Weight Record . . . OUCH!

How would you like to give birth to a 1-year-old child?
by babysugar

How would you like to give birth to a 1-year-old child? Sounds pretty painful, right? Frightening as it may be,
that's essentially what an Indonesian woman did when she delivered a 19.2-pound infant measuring 24.4 inches. These stats are more normal for a kid celebrating his first birthday, and doctors attribute the massive body weight to the mother's diabetic condition. Thankfully, the newborn is healthy and showing a strong appetite. It is a good reminder to all expectant ladies to follow through with the glucose test, and especially for diabetic mamas to monitor their diets closely as it can clearly affect their growing child.

What's the heaviest birth weight you've ever heard?

Diabetes Pregnancy
Pregnancy

Pre–pregnancy Diabetes on the Rise

Diet and exercise have long been linked to type 2 diabetes.
by babysugar

Diet and exercise have long been linked to type 2 diabetes. As America's waistbands expand, so do the type 2 diabetes diagnoses.

A study released by Kaiser Permanente examined 175,249 women who gave birth between 1999 and 2005. While the percentage of those who developed gestational diabetes remained the same, those who were diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes pre–pregnancy doubled.

To see what one doctor has to say on the findings, read more

Gestational Diabetes
Angelina Jolie

Baby Bump: Gestational Diabetes

As a rule of thumb, most OB/GYNs make it their business to tell their expectant patients about the possibility of gestational diabetes.
by babysugar

As a rule of thumb, most OB/GYNs make it their business to tell their expectant patients about the possibility of gestational diabetes.

Not all that common, it can occur for any expectant mama during her nine months with child. Salma Hayek has openly discussed her bout with the complication.

To learn more about the pregnancy condition, read more

November Is Diabetes Awareness Month
Type 2 diabetes

November Is Diabetes Awareness Month

Halloween is over. Candy has been eaten, in quantities both large and small.
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Halloween is over. Candy has been eaten, in quantities both large and small. On the heels of this sugar-laden holiday comes Diabetes Awareness Month. The rates of diabetes in the US and worldwide are climbing steadily upward, and the American Diabetes Association would like to change the trend.

Nearly 21 million children and adults in the United States are living with diabetes, and another 54 million people are at-risk. If the upward trend doesn't change, one in three Americans will develop diabetes in his or her lifetime. Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is vital for the conversion of sugar, starches, and other foods into energy needed for daily life.

There are four major types of diabetes, and to learn what they are just read more