By: Angie McAdams | 2010-03-28 | Pregnancy Gestational diabetes is just as serious as other types of diabetes, even though you may only be "diabetic" for a short period of time; however, with gestational diabetes, you are not only concerned about the health of yourself but also the health of your unborn child. So, in actuality, gestational diabetes can be even more serious than other forms. read more
By: John Kegan | 2011-11-24 | Diabetes Gestational Diabetes mellitus commonly known as GDM occurs when a woman who has not been previously diagnosed with diabetes indicates high blood sugar level at the time of her pregnancy. read more
By: | 2010-04-14 | Diabetes Gestational diabetes is a serious condition. A gestational diabetes diet plan must be adhered to in order to have a successful, healthy childbirth. read more
By: Andrew Bicknell | 2011-08-06 | Women's Health Women with preexisting diabetes who become pregnant are at risk for fetal complications along with risks to their own health if and when complications of diabetes occur. About 4% of all pregnant women in the United States will contract gestational diabetes during their pregnancy. read more
By: Sara Le | 2010-03-26 | Diabetes You should know that there isn't one standard gestational diabetes diet available. Each dietitian will have their own meal plan that may be slightly different from someone else's. Many women receive their GD diet like a tablet with the Ten Commandments on it, only to find out afterward that there are many differences between each dietitian's GD diet. read more
By: Kimberly Manuel | 2011-10-13 | Diet Gestational diabetes is a condition that occurs to pregnant women upon which they experience high sugar levels. This usually happens during the third trimester of pregnancy and that this disease occurs even if they don’t have any previous history of diabetes. Their bodies does not produce excess insulin leading to high glucose levels. read more
By: Lisa Beverley | 2011-08-09 | Weight Loss Talk to your doctor or dietitian before switching to a vegetarian diet gestational diabetes. They can help create a plan that will provide all the nutrients you need, and keep calories to a level to maintain your weight during pregnancy at a healthy level. read more
By: drcharlesbuchar | 2011-08-30 | Wellness Listed diseases in diabetes mellitus are many with the most common is diabetes type 1 and type 2 diabetes. read more
By: Ken Jones | 2010-09-20 | Diseases and Conditions A study by the journal Diabetes Care found that gestational diabetes lie in mum's diet problem. Mothers who developed diabetes while pregnant also increase their risk when being overweight. read more
By: Michael Herrah | 2011-04-10 | Disabilities During pregnancy, some women experience increase in their blood sugar or glucose level that it becomes too high. This is called gestational diabetes. It is usually caused by hormonal changes which all women undergo when they get pregnant. read more
By: Yohai Shaked | 2010-03-27 | Diabetes For most pregnant women choosing healthy and relatively small portions of food is sufficient to maintain blood sugar levels within recommended norms. Together with mild exercise they can easily control their weight gains, which is the #1 cause for developing gestational diabetes. read more
By: Alex Ray | 2011-06-24 | Women's Health A Gestational diabetes diet plan is really a crucial aspect of any pregnancy for any woman suffering from gestational diabetes. It is very essential to control blood sugar levels within the blood throughout pregnancy and the ideal method to do this is by adhering to a diet strategy. read more
By: Tehmina Mazher | 2010-03-27 | Diabetes The goal of a good gestational diabetes diet plan is to provide the pregnant woman sufficient amount of calories. These calories are required to ensure proper weight gain and nutritional sufficiency to support the body of the mother and meet the needs of the growing baby. The gestational diabetes diet plan must be designed in a way to maintain the proper levels of blood glucose levels. read more
By: Michael Herrah | 2011-04-11 | Disabilities When a pregnant women experiences elevation of her blood sugar levels during the course of her pregnancy, she may have developed gestational diabetes. Although in some aspects, gestational diabetes is similar to diabetes per se, it is generally not considered life-threatening. It is also noticed that this diabetic condition, which is common among pregnant women, is lost after pregnancy. Nevertheless, steps in order to prevent the condition from worsening must be taken. One way is by limiting you read more
By: | 2010-04-14 | Diabetes Gestational diabetes is a temporary phase. In this type of diabetes a pregnant woman has the levels of blood sugar that are higher than normal. Till so far the exact cause of this type of diabetes is still not known. However many doctors are of the belief that these disturbed blood sugar levels are because of an increased stress on the body of the woman. Most women do not experience any obvious symptoms of gestational diabetes. read more