In diabetes, your blood glucose levels are too high; when you are pregnant this is not a good thing. It is estimated that gestational diabetes in pregnancy occurs in about 18% of pregnancies. Gestational diabetes goes away after the baby is born, but both you and your baby have a high risk of developing diabetes later on in your lives (Diabetes.org, 2011).

What is Gestational Diabetes in Pregnancy?

Gestational diabetes is diabetes that happens for the first time when a woman is pregnant. Though it is unknown what exactly causes it, it is known that hormones from the mother’s placenta help the baby to develop. Some of these hormones are blocked by the mother’s insulin in her body. However, gestational diabetes occurs when there is not enough insulin in her body. Without enough insulin the glucose cannot leave the body and be changed to energy.

Though mothers with gestational …