Gestational Diabetes Frightening Statistics
Gestational diabetes - the type of diabetes a woman develops during pregnancy “that can be treated with [diabetic] diet and/or insulin. If the glucose intolerance is not well controlled, however, the fetus can develop macrosomia (large size) that affects both the health of the baby and the birth. (source)
A wealth of terrifying statistics related to gestational diabetes have been released recently:
- The Canadian Press: “more than 21,000 Ontario women diagnosed with pregnancy-related diabetes, researchers found that almost 20 per cent had gone on to develop Type 2 diabetes within nine years of giving birth.” - that makes 1 in 5 women.
- Fox Business: risk factors of developing Type 2 diabetes include gestational diabetes or delivering a baby weighing more than nine pounds
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March 31st, 2009 at 2:31 pm
[...] Gestational diabetes is one of several diabetes types. It develops during pregnancy. So, it affects pregnant women only. Though, it affects not all pregnant women. Statistics says that about 4 percent of all pregnant women (or 135,000 cases) in the United States have this problem each year. It’s absolutely intolerable to say that “ONLY 4 percent”. [...]
March 31st, 2009 at 2:33 pm
[...] with type1/2 diabetes know about the risks for them and their babies before they get pregnant. Gestational diabetes could be an unpleasant surprise for those future moms that didn’t have this disease before. So, it’s of high importance [...]
March 31st, 2009 at 2:34 pm
[...] disease. Such as overweight/obesity, diabetes mellitus that your near relations have, age over 35, gestational diabetes during your previous pregnancy, etc. In addition to this smoking mothers have higher chances to get it than those who have a [...]
March 31st, 2009 at 2:36 pm
[...] of pregnant women have gestational diabetes. Approximately five to ten percent of women that had gestational diabetes also had diabetes following child [...]
April 12th, 2009 at 1:05 am
[...] Gestational diabetes is not a reason to refuse from getting pregnant. Of course it’s a danger, but its possibility is rather low. [...]
May 12th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
[...] a woman is diagnosed to have gestational diabetes her health and the health of her future baby is in danger. Gestational diabetes is a sort of a [...]
May 12th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
[...] of gestational diabetes mellitus can be the same as of other two types of diabetes: high blood sugar level, body weight [...]
May 12th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
[...] we talk about gestational diabetes mellitus and reasons that can lead to having it there are at least several risk factors that should [...]
May 14th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
It helps to have a doctor that really watches weight gain during the pregnancy to avoid developing gestational diabetes. Of course, each doctor is different.
January 14th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
[...] Gestational diabetes is a very serious disease which can’t be treated irresponsibly. It’s a very important concern for future moms because their health and health of their babies is under risk. And from the point of time when they find out about pregnancy they are responsible for the life and health of their little ones. Gestational diabetes can declare itself in different forms and symptoms. Luckily in most cases this type of diabetes disappears after baby delivery and does not have any further negative consequences for both moms and babies. [...]