Also called: Also called: Gestational diabetes
Diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or sugar, levels are too high. When you are pregnant, too much glucose is not good for your baby. Out of every 100 pregnant women in the United States, between three and eight get gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is diabetes that happens for the first time when a woman is pregnant. Gestational diabetes goes away when you have your baby, but it does increase your risk for having diabetes later.
If you have already have diabetes before you get pregnant, you need to monitor and control your blood sugar levels.
Either type of diabetes during pregnancy raises the risk of problems for the baby and the mother. To help reduce these risks, you should follow your meal plan, exercise, test your blood sugar and take your medicine.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- For Women with Diabetes: Your Guide to Pregnancy(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/pregnancy/
- Gestational DiabetesLinks to PDF(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/Gestational_Diabetes.cfm
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What I Need to Know about Gestational Diabetes(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/gestational/
Also available in Spanish http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/spanish/pubs/gestational_ez/
- Diabetes & Pregnancy(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/Features/DiabetesPregnancy/
- Diabetes (Types 1 & 2) and Pregnancy(Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International) - http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=103524
- Diabetes and Pregnancy Frequently Asked Questions(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/bd/diabetespregnancyfaqs.htm
- Gestational Diabetes(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/gestational-diabetes/DS00316/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print
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Gestational Diabetes: What It Means for Me and My Baby(American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/women/pregnancy/complications/075.printerview.html
Also available in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home/women/pregnancy/complications/075.printerview.html
- JAMA Patient Page: Pregnancy and Diabetes(American Medical Association) - Links to PDF - http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/299/21/2590.pdf
- Pregnancy and Diabetes: What to Expect from Conception to Birth(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/pregnancy-and-diabetes/DA00042/METHOD=print
- National Birth Defects Prevention Study Finds Pre-Pregnancy Diabetes(07/30/2008, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080730.htm
- Am I at Risk for Gestational Diabetes?(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - Links to PDF - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/upload/gest_diabetes_risk_2005.pdf
- Diagnosis of Diabetes(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/diagnosis/
- Glucose Challenge Screening & Glucose Tolerance Test(American Pregnancy Association) - http://www.americanpregnancy.org/prenataltesting/glucosetest.html
- It's Never Too Early to Prevent Diabetes(National Diabetes Education Program) - Links to PDF - http://www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/NeverTooEarly_Tipsheet.pdf
- Screening for Gestational Diabetes during Pregnancy(American College of Physicians) - http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/148/10/I-60
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MedlinePlus: Diabetic Diet(National Library of Medicine) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabeticdiet.html
Also available in Spanish http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/diabeticdiet.html
- Managing Gestational Diabetes: A Patient's Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/gest_diabetes/managing_gest_diabetes_pdf.cfm
- What Should I Do If I Have Gestational Diabetes?(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/gest_diabetes/sub3.cfm
- When You're Sick(American Diabetes Association) - http://www.diabetes.org/gestational-diabetes/sick.jsp
- How Can I Tell If I Am Likely to Develop Diabetes in the Future?(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/gest_diabetes/sub12.cfm
- Preexisting Diabetes(March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/188_1064.asp
- Pregnancy and Diabetes: Is Your Body Ready?(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/pregnancy-and-diabetes/DA00061/METHOD=print
- Take Charge of Your Diabetes: Pregnancy, Diabetes, and Women's Health(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/tcyd/pregnant.htm
- Type 1 Diabetes and Pregnancy: Preparing for Pregnancy(Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International) - http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=EFEF9969-1279-D3DC-F96062D5E5283E48
- What Should I Do After My Baby Is Born?(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/gest_diabetes/sub11.cfm
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Diabetes, Gestational(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Diabetes,+Gestational%22
- Disorders of Pregnancy (Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Preeclampsia, and Eclampsia)(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/womenshealth/research/pregbirth/disorders.cfm
- Pregnancy(American Diabetes Association) - Current medical research reports - http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-research/summaries/pregnancy.jsp
- Untreated Diabetes During Pregnancy May Raise Kids' Risk for Obesity Later(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/research/pregnancy_diabetes.html
- Article: Evidence shows higher long term risks from gestational diabetes. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18664507&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Risk of development of diabetes mellitus after diagnosis of gestational... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18663202&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Diabetes during and after pregnancy: screen more, monitor better. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18663193&tool=MedlinePlus
- Diabetes and Pregnancy -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=diabetes,gestational[majr]+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+(review[pt]+OR+guideline[pt]+OR+clinical+trial[pt]+OR+jsubsetaim[text]+OR+jsubsetn[text]+OR+jsubsetk[text]+OR+patient+education+handout[pt]+OR+systematic[sb])+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt]+OR+case+reports[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
- Pregnancy in diabetics -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=(pregnancy+in+diabetics[majr]+NOT+diabetes,gestational[majr])+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+(jsubsetaim[text]+OR+jsubsetk[text]+OR+jsubsetn[text]+OR+guideline[pt]+OR+clinical+trial[pt]+OR+patient+education+handout[pt]+OR+systematic[sb])+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt]+OR+case+reports[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+3+Years&tool=MedlinePlus
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Diabetes Dictionary(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/dictionary/
Also available in Spanish http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/spanish/pubs/dictionary/index.htm
- Take Charge of Your Diabetes: Glossary(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/tcyd/appendix.htm
- Directory of Diabetes Organizations(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/resources/organizations.htm
- American Diabetes Association - http://www.diabetes.org/
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International - http://www.jdrf.org/
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- National Diabetes Statistics, 2007(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/
- Diabetes - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetes.html
- High Risk Pregnancy - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/highriskpregnancy.html
- Endocrine System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/endocrinesystem.html
- Female Reproductive System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/femalereproductivesystem.html
- Pregnancy and Reproduction - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pregnancyandreproduction.html
The primary NIH organization for research on Diabetes and Pregnancy is the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
Diabetes and Pregnancy - Multiple Languages - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/diabetesandpregnancy.html