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About 9% of pregnant women develop high blood glucose (sugar) levels\u00a0for the first time during pregnancy. If the body is not able to make and use all the insulin it needs for pregnancy, glucose cannot leave the blood\u00a0to be changed to the energy needed to grow and repair cells.<\/p>\n
Hormones from the placenta help the baby develop. But these hormones can also block\u00a0the action of insulin in the body. Eating healthy foods, exercising and, if necessary, taking medication can control blood sugar to keep pregnant women healthy and prevent difficult births.<\/p>\n
BUT <\/b>THAT\u2019S NOT THE WHOLE STORY<\/b><\/span>.<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n Up to 60% of women with GDM go on to develop type 2 diabetes in the next 10 years.\u00a0 Women with GDM need glucose testing AFTER delivery, and they need to be seen by a primary care physician, so they can learn what to do to prevent the development of diabetes.<\/p>\n They need help to eat right and exercise, and they may need medications to keep glucose in control. Most women with GDM do NOT get recommended follow-up.<\/p>\n THAT\u2019S THE BRIDGE WE NEED TO BUILD!<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n See: Maternal outcomes and follow-up after gestational diabetes mellitus (C<\/a>. <\/a>Kim, 2014)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 About 9% of pregnant women develop high blood glucose (sugar) levels\u00a0for the first time during pregnancy. If the body is not able to make and use all the insulin it needs for pregnancy, glucose cannot leave the blood\u00a0to be changed to the energy needed to grow and repair cells. Hormones from the placenta help […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14643,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/bridge-to-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/bridge-to-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/bridge-to-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/bridge-to-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/bridge-to-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/bridge-to-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/bridge-to-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/bridge-to-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}