The Diabetes Blog

If you are a would-be-mother and have developed diabetes, then keep an eye on it! It may prove fatal for your child! – as your diabetes can eventually risk his health. If you are a diabetic during pregnancy , you may give birth to a child more vulnerable to developing obesity. And, it’s a known fact that obesity is a major culprit behind developing diabetes at later life. Childhood obesity risk rises in tandem with a pregnant woman’s blood sugar level! While on one hand, it is the fact that untreated gestational diabetes nearly doubles the risk of obesity in a child aging from 5 to 7, on the other, it is also proved that timely treatment of a pregnant mom’s diabetes can essentially eliminate the risk. And it is to the extend like those pregnant mothers with normal blood sugar levels! Since, gestational diabetes is found to affect up to 8 percent of pregnant women each year in the United States, such preventive aftereffects should be considered seriously. What are needed at the roots, are awareness and timely diagnosis and treatment of would-be-mom’s diabetes. Image