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What Exactly Is This Gestational Diabetes? |
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If the woman had gestational diabetes during
pregnancy then she is most likely to pass it on to the child. So, if a
woman has gestational diabetes during pregnancy, there is an increased
risk of developing diabetes for both mother and child. Timely knowledge
about this condition, goes to control it effectively by diet and
exercise. After the baby is born, the mother and the child both recoup
their original health.
One problem give room
for a series of problems. The major risk is birth of a fat baby. The
condition is known as macrosomia. The baby by birth will have its own
problems, the common one being damage to its shoulders during birth.
Some
basic precautions need to be taken to prevent the risk of gestational
diabetes. It is taking recourse to natural methods again! Make it a
point to lose weight, if you are overweight. Be careful and choosy about
your food, and above all, do exercises regularly. This type of diabetes
is a temporary condition, a passing phase, that occurs during pregnancy.
There
is another risk for the baby. It may develop breathing problems.
The
exact causes of the gestational diabetes are not known yet. But there
are certain clues, possibilities, why gestation diabetes occurs! It is
insulin resistance.
Baby, as it grows, is supported by placenta.
Hormones help the baby develop. But the hormones also do a damaging act.
They block the action of the mother's insulin in her body. Mother's body
finds it hard to use insulin. So her requirement of insulin goes up by
300 % and gestational diabetes is the result!
Utmost care is needed to combat gestational diabetes, as it
concerns the health of the mother as well as that of the baby. Food
choices is of paramount importance. This will have beneficial effects on
the health of your baby's growth. If you are fit and healthy, the risk
of cesarean section birth can also be avoided.
In many cases, it
has been found that gestation diabetes, leads to type II diabetes later.
Do exercises regularly even during pregnancy, but only after
consulting your doctor. This is the formative period for you as well as
for the baby. Proper exercises provide strength to your body and act
favorably for the growth of the baby within.
Shut the door on the
face of the diabetes, even if it pleads that it is only gestation. This
evil does not deserve mercy!
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