Gestation is the period during which you are pregnant, from conception to birth. Gestation lasts 40 weeks and is divided into three phases called trimesters, the first of which is the most vulnerable stage of pregnancy, notes the Ohio State...
The majority of babies born are delivered between 37 and 40 weeks gestation, and are considered term. A few babies are born preterm, earlier than 37 weeks. The youngest of these are the babies born at 23 weeks gestation. The baby delivered this...
Human chorionic Gonadotropin, or hCG, plays an important role in maintaining early pregnancies. Blood and urine pregnancy tests evaluate levels of hCG produced in the early stages of pregnancy by placental tissue. If you're having twins, triplets...
Just as a baby's body size and shape change dramatically during the fetal period, her heart rate also changes with gestational age. As a baby grows in the womb and develops features for life after birth, her heart rate will change to reflect this....
Gestational diabetes is diagnosed during pregnancy, usually at about 24 to 28 weeks. According to the Mayo Clinic, there are few obvious symptoms of gestational diabetes. Risk factors include age, family history, overweight or obese prior to...
As of 2007, one in five women in the United States begins their pregnancy obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unfortunately, carrying excess weight is associated with serious health risks for both mom and baby. If...
Women with gestational diabetes, also known as gestational diabetes mellitus or GDM, need to check their blood sugar levels several times a day. This involves pricking the fingertip and squeezing out a drop of blood onto a special testing strip,...
Gestation diabetes occurs only during pregnancy and resolves upon delivery. If not controlled, gestation diabetes is harmful to both the mother and the fetus. It increases the risk of pregnancy complications such as birth defect, miscarriage and...
At the beginning of the third trimester, pregnant women receive their last round of prenatal blood tests, one of which is a test for gestational diabetes. A positive test result means a slightly higher pregnancy risk category. Yet, gestational...
Gestational diabetes may affect up to 4 percent of pregnant women, notes the American Diabetes Association. Hormonal changes during pregnancy can interfere with your body's ability to manage glucose, leading to high blood sugar levels and insulin...
Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that can occur during pregnancy. Characterized by a high glucose, or sugar, level in the blood, gestational diabetes affects three to eight pregnant women out of 100. Glucose is required for cellular...
Gestational diabetes is diabetes which occurs during pregnancy. It is usually diagnosed at around 28 weeks gestation with a glucose tolerance test. If you are told you have gestational diabetes you will be asked to check your blood glucose with a...
While many couples become parents in the traditional way, via fertilization of the female's egg with the male's sperm and the female carrying the fetus to term, there are other options. The couple could adopt a child and become parents this way,...
Approximately 3 to 8 percent of pregnant women in the United States develop a condition called gestational diabetes, according to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse. Gestational diabetes can result in unusually high blood sugar levels...
During pregnancy, one of the tests and procedures you undergo to monitor you and your baby's health is for gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that affects approximately 4 percent of women during pregnancy, according...
Gestational diabetes involves a buildup of glucose in your blood that first occurs during pregnancy and resolves itself after giving birth. Gestational diabetes can be dangerous to both you and your unborn baby, causing potentially...
A gestational surrogate, or carrier, is a woman who carries a pregnancy for another woman. Gestational surrogates are not the biological mothers of the child they deliver; embryos created by the biological parents are implanted in the gestational...
The hormonal changes that take place during your pregnancy can affect how your body uses the hormone insulin, which helps move glucose into your cells. In gestational diabetes, your body cannot use insulin efficiently and more sugar remains in the...
Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes, a disease that affects how the body metabolizes glucose, or blood sugar. Gestational diabetes is a temporary diabetic condition that occurs during pregnancy and generally ends once the baby is born....
Gestational diabetes affects two to ten percent of all pregnancies, according to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. It brings additional challenges to the experience of pregnancy. Your health care provider will prescribe...
Diabetes that develops during pregnancy, called gestational diabetes, doesn't just affect women who had the disease prior to becoming pregnant. In fact, if you are overweight, over the age of 25 or have a family history of diabetes, you're more...
Gestational diabetes negatively affects the way the body utilizes glucose, or sugar, which is the primary energy source derived from food. It occurs only during pregnancy and can cause numerous complications for the mother and her child. According...
During pregnancy, increased hormones made by the placenta may interfere in your body's ability to effectively use insulin, leading to insulin resistance and gestational diabetes. Controlling your glucose levels through diet and exercise can...
During pregnancy, hormones made by the placenta can interfere with your ability to effectively use glucose. This temporary insulin resistance, known as gestational diabetes, often disappears soon after birth. It can however be a warning -- women...
Blood pressure of 140/90 mm Hg is considered high and known as hypertension. During pregnancy, high blood pressure can affect mother and fetus. Gestational hypertension may cause damage to the mother's kidneys and a baby with low birth weight or...
When you're pregnant, the old saying "you're eating for two" is true, not in volume, such as eating quantities for two people, but in eating right for two people. Your baby requires a variety of nutrient-rich foods, vitamins and minerals to...
There are a few different types of diabetes, the disease that affects the body's production and use of the hormone insulin. One particular type, called gestational diabetes mellitus (usually just called gestational diabetes), strikes pregnant...
Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that develops only during pregnancy. When a woman has gestational diabetes, she must take extra care to eat a healthy diet to avoid pregnancy and birth complications. Gestational diabetes can also have...
Gestational diabetes occurs in around 3 to 8 percent of pregnant women. Women with gestational diabetes require a different type of diet than the average pregnant woman, as they have unique calorie needs. Maintaining a gestational diabetes diet...
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