This new study on gestational diabetes suggests that treating even the mildest of cases can have great benefits.
Gestational diabetes is when a woman develops diabetes just during her pregnancy, although many of these women will develop diabetes type 2 later in life.
Babies of diabetics tend to be larger than normal, sometimes so much so that they might require c-sections because the babies shoulders are just too big to go through the birth canal.
When gestational diabetes is treated with diet or insulin therapy it’s found that it cuts down on the womans high blood pressure, large babies, and preeclampsia. It’s worth discussing with your doctor if you are pregnant and have gestational diabetes.