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Gestational diabetes is a short term form of Type II Diabetes that arises during pregnancy and typically vanishes after birth.  Gestational diabetes begins when your body is unable to make and utilize all the insulin it requires for pregnancy.  Gestational diabetes affects the mother in later in pregnancy, just after the baby’s body has begun developing.

Gestational diabetes presents in about 6% of all pregnancies, affecting 120,000 mothers in the United States alone each year.  Gestational diabetes is oftentimes treatable with a meal plan and physical exercise.  Gestational diabetes is more common in over weight and minority mothers and puts them at increased jeopardy for poor fetal outcome and for developing Type 2 diabetes later in life.