Diabetes During Pregnancy
March 30th, 2009
Like the question states, what type of diabetes happens during pregnancy.
More importantly, why does the head of most babies are usually abnormally large after such a pregnancy?
I am more looking for an answer on why there heads are usually large after such a pregnancy.
It is a question my teacher has been asking and he wants to know why.
Diabetes during pregnancy is called gestational diabetes. It usually goes away after you have the baby.
I don’t know why the babies head would be large. I had gestational diabetes and neither one of my children had large heads. Hope that this answer helps you.
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Gestational diabetes usually develops between the 24th and 28th weeks of pregnancy, when doctors give pregnant women a glucose screening test.
The risk of gestational diabetes causing serious problems in the fetus is low, and most babies do well unless the disease is not controlled. The most important thing you can do to minimize the risk to your fetus once your gestational diabetes is diagnosed is to keep your blood sugar level as low as possible. When problems do occur, the most common are high birth weight, difficult delivery and a higher risk of delivery by cesarean section.
Doctors treat gestational diabetes with a carefully controlled diet designed to keep the pregnant woman’s blood sugar level within the normal range for pregnancy. If you have gestational diabetes, your doctor will probably refer you to a dietitian who can help you plan meals that will control your blood sugar and consider your food preferences. You are likely to be advised to avoid high-fat foods, eat a variety of foods including fruits and vegetables and watch portion sizes. The number of calories you need depends on how much you weigh and the stage of your pregnancy.
There is a slight increased risk of the fetus or newborn dying when the mother has gestational diabetes, but this risk is lowered with effective treatment and careful watching of the mother and fetus. High blood glucose levels often go back to normal after delivery. However, women with gestational diabetes should be watched closely after giving birth and at regular intervals to detect diabetes early.
Up to 40% of women with gestational diabetes develop full-blown diabetes within 5-10 years after delivery. The risk may be increased in obese women.
Please see the web pages for more details on Gestational diabetes.
Ask your physcian!
I am really not sure. But you can ask the doctor and they can tell you for sure. But the type of diabetes a women gets during pregnancy is sugar diabetes.
Its called gestational diabetes, pregnant women are prone to that, and that’s one reason why babies born on women experiencing that type of diabetes are quite big. Although, I’m not sure what you mean on, babies having an abnormal size of the head.
Babies who’s mothers have gestational diabetes are at risk for being heavy. Heavier the baby, bigger the head (at least I’d assume).
Gestational Diabetes….