Gestational Diabetes
News and information about Gestational Diabetes on Oprah.com.
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The Blood Test Women Need—and Doctors Skip
… diabetes." Clear Risk The surest sign that a woman could develop diabetes is high blood sugar during pregnancy— gestational diabetes (GD)—but one study suggests that most women with this risk factor aren't tested. "GD indicates a woman …
More About Gestational Diabetes
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Free Birth Control Could be Just a Year and a Half Away
… part of a set of eight empowering recommendations that also include free preventative services like screening for gestational diabetes and lactation counseling and equipment to promote breast-feeding (for example, rentals of breast pumps that …
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Sugar Shock: What It's Like to Be Pregnant...and Diabetic
… s test To my total shock, the result of my hemoglobin A1C test indicates that my diabetes is not gestational. Gestational diabetes usually strikes after the 20th week of pregnancy and disappears within an hour of giving birth. But at nine weeks …
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The Link Between Obesity and Pregnancy Complications
… your pregnancy—and your life—at risk. Diabetes An overweight mother is four times more likely to develop gestational diabetes . This can lead to extremely large infants who are more likely to have birth injuries or require Caesarean delivery …
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Dealing with Diabetes
… One theory is that the pancreas simply wears out from years of manufacturing the hormone at such a high rate. Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that women can develop during pregnancy. It usually develops in the second half of pregnancy …
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If You Need a Push...8 Top Coaches Offer Irresistible Motivation
… eater, which means campaigns are very hard on me. The easiest diet I ever went on was when I was pregnant and had gestational diabetes . I was so rigorous about my eating I actually lost weight. It wasn't a diet for me to look some particular …
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Foods for a Healthy Pregnancy
… proven false, and he says coffee can in fact help an expecting mother. "Coffee seems to reduce the instance of gestational diabetes ," he says. "Moderation is the key, but clearly we don't have the concerns with coffee that we once thought …
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Diabetes: Are You at Risk?
… include being of African-American, Hispanic, Native American, Asian, or Pacific Islander descent; having gestational diabetes or delivering an overweight baby; and not getting enough physical activity. In families with a strong history …
