Effect Of Gestational Diabetes During Pregnancy

The main source of body nourishment comes from glucose which is a sugar from the digestion of food,as a pregnant woman, this same glucose is passed-on to the baby in the womb via the placenta, placenta as the only source of passing nutrients to baby produces some hormones, though for the development of the baby, which may deter your body to use insulin, therefore the increased production of these anti-insulin hormones by the placenta can block the movement of glucose from your blood-stream into the body cells which makes glucose build-up in your blood-stream resulting to diabetes.

Gestational diabetes is caused by obesity,being over age 25, family history of diabetes, being African-American and native American or Hispanic, in most cases, gestational diabetes clears up as soon as the baby is born because the placenta which produces the anti-insulin hormones is removed..

High sugar level in your blood as a result of anti-insulin hormones produced by placenta can be unhealthy for both you (mother) and your unborn baby and if it's not treated your baby may be having problems at birth such as low blood sugar level, jaundice or may weigh much than normal which may result to delivery problem for you and on the extreme you might need to undergo a ceserean operation.

Gestational diabetes can lead to what is known as macrosomia. A macrosomic child may be too large to enter the birth canal or atimes the head might enters but the shoulder may not which may prompt your medical practitional to use special maneuvers to deliver your baby and if this process does not went well due to some factors, delivery can sometimes result in fractured bone or nerve damage both of which heal without permanent problem but on rare occassion the baby may suffer brain damage from lack of oxygen during this process.

In a case where the mother's blood sugar control is poor your baby's heart function could be affected. Some research studies have found a link between severe gestational diabetes and an increased risk of stillbirth during the last two months of pregnancy. Gestational diabetes may result in the development of preeclamsia which is a complex disorder that affects 3 to 8 percent of pregnant women. A woman is diagnosed with preeclamsia if she has a high blood pressure and protein in her urine after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Preeclamsia ranges from mild to severe, severe preeclamsia causes the blood vessels to constrict resulting in high blood pressure and a reduced blood flow that can affect organs throughout the body, including the liver, kidney and brain. When blood is being delivered to your uterus, it can mean problems for your baby such as too little amniotic fluid, poor growth and placenta abruption, that is, the separation of the placenta from the uterine wall before giving birth.It is worth to know that changes in the mother's blood vessels caused by preeclamsia may cause your capillaries to lack fluid into your tissues which may result to EDEMA, that is, swelling ankles and feet.

wish you safe delivery and happy nurturing

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