Gestational diabetes

One of the complications that threatens the mother and the fetus during pregnancy ***is gestational diabetes***... Human body cells need two essential substances, one of these substances is oxygen and the other is glucose or sugar... Foods that the body receives that contain sugar, such as rice, bread, potatoes and anything that has sugar, even a piece of sugar in the body turns into the throat... The cells of the human body need sugar to continue working... Insulin is a substance that causes so that the received sugar can be used by the cells and **insulin reduction** in the body causes an increase in sugar... In the following, we will explain the decrease in insulin in pregnancy and how to explain it.... The effect of diabetes in childbirth Those women with gestational diabetes who do not require insulin rarely require preterm delivery or other interventions.... If the fetal weight is estimated by ultrasound to be 4500 grams or more.... Cesarean delivery is considered.... Women who require insulin treatment due to elevated fasting blood sugar are continuously treated for the condition of the fetus with risk factors for diabetes.. Some women are more likely to have certain characteristics in are exposed to **gestational diabetes**. Among the risk factors are: - Overweight and obesity - History of this disease in previous pregnancies - Having polycystic syndrome - Involvement of a family member in diabetes - Giving birth to a baby weighing more than 4 kg Negative effects of gestational diabetes on the child - Having natural excess weight at birth; If the mother's blood sugar level is higher than normal, it will cause the child to grow too much... This category of fetuses may get stuck in the birth canal during delivery... Another complication of **gestational diabetes** is premature delivery... Of course, sometimes the doctor recommends premature delivery due to excessive growth of the fetus... - Very serious breathing problems; Children who are born prematurely due to gestational diabetes may suffer from respiratory distress syndrome... In this situation, it becomes very difficult for the child to breathe... It is possible for children whose mothers had gestational diabetes to develop type 1 and 2 diabetes in the future... What effect does gestational diabetes have on the mother?. **Increased blood pressure:** Diabetes during pregnancy greatly increases the risk of high blood pressure in mothers... After that, pregnancy poisoning may also appear, which is a serious and dangerous complication that endangers not only the mother's life, but also the life of the fetus... They are often forced to perform a cesarean delivery in the future... One who suffers from diabetes during pregnancy is more likely to have this problem in subsequent pregnancies and the possibility The incidence of type 2 diabetes is higher for them at older ages.. ### Treatment of diabetes in pregnancy #### **First three months:** Glucose measurement is necessary during this period, and for this reason, the best obstetricians and gynecologists in West Tehran accept and care for women who have obvious gestational diabetes at the beginning of pregnancy.... During this period, insulin is used for treatment.... mothers themselves can check their blood sugar using a glucometer. find... #### **second trimester:** To check neural tube abnormalities and defects in the 16th and 20th weeks of pregnancy, the alpha-phytoprotein concentration test of the mother's serum is used, as well as **ultrasonography** in the 18th to 20th weeks of pregnancy, which should mainly be done after the 20th week of pregnancy, in order to use it. Insulin, which is due to the increased production of pregnancy hormones... Correspondence... Ways of communication: 44977660 and Instagram thread**