I am a big girl and i am pregnant i have been told i could get diabetes can

[Jeni S]

someone give me some info.? Out as i have a history of diabetes in my family and one of my auntys got diabetes during her pregnacy,i was wondering how do you get it. Please help me it important

[rn2656]

If You Are At Risk You Md Should Do The Appropriate Testing. He May Already Have Since That Testing Is Part Of Routine Care When You Are Pregnant. Discuss This With You Md

[renee70466]

How far along are you? With every baby I had to take the glucose test at about 4 or 5 months to make sure. It's a round of testing that every mother has to endure. Have you taken it yet? You will know because they make you drink that awful syrup and then take blood an hour later. ASK your Dr. If you are ever unsure about anything ASK!!! It's your body and your Baby you need to know! Make sure it's in your medical history! If it's just something you found out about recently double check.

God Bless and Congrats!

[Melanie M]

There is kind of Type II diabetes that you can get when you're pregnant called gestational diabetes. I had it with my first pregnancy. Certain groups of people are more prone to it, but you can also get it out of nowhere.
Risk factors are:
- diabetes in the family
- being overweight
- being from particular areas of the world, generally the Mediterranean

When you're pregnant the hormones your body produces inhibits the effectiveness of your insulin. It does this to make sure there's enough sugar in your blood to keep the baby nourished. With gestational diabetes, the hormones get it a bit out of whack and the insulin gets blocked too far so there's too much sugar. Hence the diabetes. When the baby is born the pregnancy hormones go away and your insulin works fine again.

They generally test for gestational diabetes around 26 weeks. If a screening test brings back a positive result you'll have a second, more detailed test. Testing before the 26 week mark won't necessarily show anything.

The reason they screen for diabetes is for your baby. If your baby gets too much blood sugar throughout the pregnancy he/she can grow too big and have difficulty being born. Also, if your baby is used to very high blood sugars in the womb, when he/she comes out and is separated from you and the sugar they can become severely hypoglycaemic, which is dangerous.

If you get gestational diabetes it's annoying but not impossible to manage. Firstly they'll have you go on a low GI (glycaemic index) diet and check your blood sugars a few times a day. Basically this means reducing starchy carbohydrate foods. You'll also find going for a walk after meals helps with your blood sugars.

if you can't manage the sugar levels with diet and exercise alone you may have to take insulin shots. I didn't have to, but my sister did. Both our babies were born perfectly healthy - mine's 4 years old now!

They'll consider inducing you for labour earlier if they think the baby is still growing too big - but that won't definitely happen. They'll also monitor the baby a bit more closely during labour just to make sure he/she is going OK.

If you've got any more questions feel free to contact me via here. I was pretty freaked out when they told me I had it, but it really did work out fine.

[lisa11oz]

I developed Diabetes whilst Pregnant and around 21 weeks. I had to Start eating a LOW GI diet and had to Test my Blood Sugar levels every 2 hours whilst also eating Small low GI meals every 2 hours plus Injecting 3 times a day in my Stomach. The Injections at first worried me but TRUST me thay dont hurt at all. The finger prick Test to test my blood sugar levels hurt more. After the birth of my Son i no longer had Diabetes. it is quite common. Best to watch what you eat and drink and dont consume too much Sugar.

[georgewarren93]

Yes it is possible, and you might also keep a close eye on your blood pressure. Regardless of body type and size we can all get these problems,My understanding is that diabetes can be hereditary.
Have your Doc keep these monitored for you, because if caught soon enough , Diabetes does not require shooting up insulin, they now have a liquid for it. Again it must be caught early
Good luck with your health and the arrival of your baby