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    To lower the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), it is important to prepare your body for pregnancy by maintaining a healthy diet and weight before conception. After delivery, your doctor will check your blood sugar levels and you will need follow-up testing 6 to 12 weeks postpartum to ensure your sugar levels have returned to normal. GDM occurs when hormonal and physiological changes during pregnancy make the body unable to produce enough insulin to process glucose. It can increase risks for both mother and baby if not properly treated through blood sugar monitoring, medication if needed, diet, and exercise.

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    To lower the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), it is important to prepare your body for pregnancy by maintaining a healthy diet and weight before conception. After delivery, your doctor will check your blood sugar levels and you will need follow-up testing 6 to 12 weeks postpartum to ensure your sugar levels have returned to normal. GDM occurs when hormonal and physiological changes during pregnancy make the body unable to produce enough insulin to process glucose. It can increase risks for both mother and baby if not properly treated through blood sugar monitoring, medication if needed, diet, and exercise.

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    Gestational Diabetes: Preventing GDM

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    Ariana Cruz Lemus
    To lower the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), it is important to prepare your body for pregnancy by maintaining a healthy diet and weight before conception. After delivery, your doctor will check your blood sugar levels and you will need follow-up testing 6 to 12 weeks postpartum to ensure your sugar levels have returned to normal. GDM occurs when hormonal and physiological changes during pregnancy make the body unable to produce enough insulin to process glucose. It can increase risks for both mother and baby if not properly treated through blood sugar monitoring, medication if needed, diet, and exercise.

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    PREVENTING GDM FOLLOW-UP AFTER

    DELIVERY
    TO LOWER THE RISK OF GDM YOU MUST
    PREPARE YOUR BODY FOR PREGNANCY
    Your doctor will check your blood sugar after
    • Improve to have a healthy diet delivery, and you must follow up 6 to 12 weeks
    after delivery to make sure your sugar levels are
    • Maintain healthy weight or work on
    getting to your healthy weight before back to normal.
    pregnancy
    • Don’t gain more weight than
    recommended by your doctor
    • Establish regular exercise
    • Eat foods high in fiber

    FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT

    https://www.niddk.nih.gov/

    https://diabetes.org/

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    arcruzle@utica.edu
    GESTATIONAL
    “FOCUS
    YOU CAN DO THIS” UTICA DIABETES
    COLLEGE “When pregnancy stops being sweet”
    WHAT IS DIABETES AND SYMPTOMS OF GDM RISK FACTORS OF GDM
    GESTATIONAL DIABETES? YOU ARE AT HIGHER RISK IF YOU:
    Most women don’t have symptoms or associate it
    with the pregnancy, such as: • Are overweight
    Diabetes is a disease in which the level of blood
    • Being thirstier than usual • Had gestational diabetes
    glucose, known also has blood sugar are too
    high. • Have family health history of diabetes
    • Being hungrier and eating more than usual
    • Are older than 25 years
    • Urinating more than usual
    Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a type • Gave birth to a large baby
    of diabetes that only occur during pregnancy. If id • Have prediabetes
    not treated it can cause complications for the • Have another health condition linked with
    baby and mother. insulin
    EFFECTS OF GDM • Have high cholesterol or other medical
    complications
    YOUR BABY MAY BE AT INCREASED RISK
    WHAT CAUSES GDM? OF:
    GDM DIAGNOSIS
    • Early birth
    The human body converts part of the food we eat Gestational diabetes screening usually is given
    • Breathing problems
    and drink in glucose (sugar). This glucose is during the second trimester, or sooner if you are at
    transported in the blood to the cells in the body, • Low blood sugar
    • Obesity later in life higher risk. If you are at higher risk and you first
    so it can be used as energy. To help making test comes negative, you might have to repeat the
    glucose into energy, the pancreas produces a • Diabetes later in life
    test in your second trimester.
    hormone called insulin. • Stillbirth
    • Macrosomia (baby larger than normal)
    During pregnancy, the body goes through TREATMENT OF GDM
    hormonal and physiological changes including
    weight gain. If you have gestational diabetes, Work with your doctors to determine the best
    these changes will make the body to be unable YOU WILL HAVE AN INCREASED RISK OF:
    treatment plan to treat an manage GDM.
    to use additional insulin required during
    pregnancy. • High blood pressure
    • Preeclampsia (high blood pressure) • Monitor blood sugar level regularly
    • C-section to deliver baby • Take prescribed medicine
    • Future gestational diabetes • Eat healthy, low sugar diet
    • Type 2 diabetes in the future • Exercise throughout your pregnancy

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