From the monthly archives:

November 2008

2 Ways Gestational Diabetes Affects Your Baby

November 19, 2008

If gestational diabetes is not tested for or ignored it can have few adverse effects on your newborn baby. Macrosomia Macrosomia occurs when your baby weighs more than 8.8 pounds.  This excessive weight gain is caused by the mother passing too much sugar to the baby and the baby inturn converting this sugar to fat.   [...]

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Signs of Gestational Diabetes

November 18, 2008

The usual signs of gestational diabetes are continuous bouts of unquenchable thirst, increased urination, blurred vision and rapid weight gain.  Most of these gestational diabetes symptoms can easily be confused for normal symptoms of pregnancy, so it’s important that you request a gestational diabetes test from your doctor when you enter your 3rd trimester.  If [...]

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