Diabetes During Pregnancy Threatens Mother and Baby Gestational diabetes is diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy. Its incidence is between 3-6% on average, and the probability of recurrence in the next pregnancies of the woman is extremely high. Although insulin secretion increases during pregnancy, hormones secreted from the placenta from the sixth month show resistance to insulin. This resistance causes blood sugar to rise in women at risk for diabetes. Uncontrolled rise in blood sugar brings with it the rise of sugar in the fetus, increased insulin secretion and the problems caused by this situation. For this reason, gestational diabetes is a disease that must be diagnosed and followed correctly. The risk is increased especially in pregnancies after 30-35 years of age, overweight women, pregnant women who gave birth to more than 4kg babies and those with a family history of diabetes. 25-29 days of pregnancy for diagnosis. Sugar loading test is done between weeks. Sugar loading test is recommended for all pregnant women, if the pregnant is in the high risk group, this test should be done when pregnancy is detected. It is generally applied as a 75 g loading test performed in a single step. It is recommended that the … Continue reading Diabetes During Pregnancy Threatens Mother and Baby