Type 2 Diabetes - High Blood Sugar Levels During PregnancyPosted on Thursday, November 11 @ 23:46:12 CST | Topic: Pregnancy By Beverleigh H Piepers Gestational diabetes is the kind of diabetes that some women get during pregnancy... it is not the same disease as Type 2 diabetes, even though it usually behaves the same way. It is a condition during pregnancy in which the body becomes resistant to the insulin it makes; it can often be managed through changes in diet and meal planning. It often disappears after pregnancy but it is a warning that unless lifestyle and dietary habits change between pregnancies or after childbirth, Type 2 diabetes may be in the future.
Researchers in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Lund
University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, looked at some of the outcomes in
babies and mothers affected by gestational diabetes and those with blood sugar
levels that were higher than normal, but not high enough to be classified as
diabetes. The results of their work were published in Acta Obstetrics and
Gynecology of Scandinavia during the month of November 2010.
Between 2003 and 2005:
were enrolled in the study. Gestational Diabetes and Blood Pressure: Women with gestational diabetes had more than twice the chance of having high blood pressure during pregnancy than did women with healthy pregnancies. They also had more than twice the risk of having a Cesarean delivery, and over 3 times the risk of having to have labor induced. Infants of mothers with gestational diabetes had a greater chance of having Apgar scores below 7, had more need for intensive care, and more than twice the chance of being born overly large, than did infants of normal pregnancies. What are Apgar Scores? Apgar scores are assigned to infants at birth and at 5 minutes after birth. These scores are a method of rating infants' health quickly but thoroughly to assess the need for resuscitation. The scoring takes in to account skin color, breathing, cry, muscle tone, and heartbeat. Out of a possible 10, a score of below 7 is considered abnormal. Abnormal Blood Sugar Levels: For pregnant women whose blood sugar was somewhat elevated but not high enough to receive a diagnosis of gestational diabetes, they had just twice the risk of high blood pressure as normal mothers, and more required induction of labor. Infants from those mothers had more use of intensive care and a higher risk of being overly large than did infants of normal pregnancies. Therefore, the researchers concluded even having high blood sugar levels during pregnancy, without being diagnosed as having gestational diabetes, is enough to cause health problems for both mothers and infants. When pregnancy is planned, it is a good idea to take some time to take stock before conception. Normalizing weight and building up good muscle tone will help to prevent gestational diabetes and high blood sugar levels.
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