Gestational DiabetesGestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that some women get during pregnancy. You treat it by making certain eating changes, exercising, checking blood sugar levels, and possibly taking diabetes medicine or insulin shots. With treatment, most women who have gestational diabetes will have healthy babies. Gestational diabetes usually goes away after the baby is born. Current as of:
March 13, 2017 Author:
Healthwise Staff Medical Review:
Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine & Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine & Rebecca Sue Uranga, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology & Femi Olatunbosun, MB, FRCSC, FACOG - Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology |
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