Health and Fitness Information CenterGestational DiabetesIf your doctor recently diagnosed you with diabetes, you're one of nearly 16 million people in the United States -- nearly one in 17 people -- who have diabetes. Approximately 2,200 new cases are diagnosed each day.
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Gestational Diabetes Typically, gestational diabetes clears up on its own after women have delivered their babies. But studies show that about 40% of women with gestational diabetes go on to develop type 2 diabetes within 15 years. All pregnant women should be tested for gestational diabetes between their 24th and 28th weeks of pregnancy. Keeping a healthy weight, eating healthy food and regular exercise during pregnancy may help prevent insulin resistance and gestational diabetes. Risk Factors
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What Causes It? All pregnant women have some degree of insulin resistance. But if this resistance becomes full-blown gestational diabetes, it usually appears around the 24th week of pregnancy. That's why all pregnant women should be screened for gestational diabetes around that time.
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