if i get diabetics when i am pregnant dose that mean i have it for the rest of my life.?

Answer 1

No, it is not certain that you will be a diabetic your whole life. There is a greater possiblity that you will become diabetic down the road if you don't follow your diet and lose the pregnancy weight. My sister-in-law remained diabetic after her second child, but she was quite obese and had awful eating habits.

I was gestational diabetic (during pregnancy) I followed the diet given to me by the dietitian. There was no way that I was going to have a 13 lb baby, and I was not going to chance anything with either of our conditions. Even though I was very strick, I still had high blood sugar and had to take an insulin shot every night.

All of this actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise. While other expectant mothers gained between 40- 100 lbs. I only gained 23. It was much easier to lose it, and infact 2 months after birth I was 15 lbs less than before I was pregnant. It also taught me good eating habits that I can now continue for the rest of my life.

I hope your pregnancy can be as big of as blessing to you as mine was.

SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
There are 2 reasons people become diabetic while they are pregnant and not otherwise:
1. The placenta has a hormone that creates a insulin resistance in the mother. This means that her pancreas can produce the right amount of insulin, but it can't push the glucose from her blood stream into the cells of her body to be processed.
2. The pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin to process all of the glucose in the blood stream

The danger is that although the mother is diabetic the fetus is not, and has normal glucose absorbtion. So if the mother has an over abundance of glucose in her blood going to feed the baby the baby will process the glucose and become huge and/or the baby's pancreas will work overtime to create insulin and will be born hypoglycemic when denied the extra glucose (s)he is used to from the mother.

Just some extra reasons to stay on your diabetic diet.

Answer 2

Here's some information on gestational diabetes, from a book of mine, that I think you might find helpful.

"Glucose Screening Test

My practitioner says I need to take a glucose screening test to check for gestational diabetes. Why would I need it- and what does the test involve?

Don't feel too picked on. Many practitioners screen for gestational diabetes in almost all patients at about 28 weeks. So chances are the test your practitioner ordered is routine.

And it's simple, too, especially if you have a sweet tooth. You'll be asked to drink a very sweet glucose drink, which usually tastes like flat orange soft drink, one hour before having some blood drawn; you don't have to be fasting when you do this. Most women chugalug the stuff with no problem and no side effects; a few, especially those who don't have a taste for sweet liquids, feel a little nauseous afterwards. Researchers (perhaps empthathetic ones who'vce drunk the glucose drink themselves and vowed to find a tastier way) are now studying whether women can eat the glucose equivalent in jelly beans instead. So far, patients in the study have reported fewer side effects after the jelly bean challenge (though, perhaps more tooth aches)

If the blood work comes back with elevated numbers, which suggests the possiblity that a woman might not be producing enough insulin to process the extra glucose in her system, the next level of test - the glucose tolerance test - is ordered. This fasting, three hour test, which involves a higher concentration glucose drink, is used to diagnose gestational diabetes. Symptoms that may also point to such a diagnosis include excessive hunger and thirst, frequent urination (even in the second trimester), recurrent vaginal infections, and an increase in blood pressure. If a woman has particularl risk factors (diabetes in a previous pregnancy, indigenous race, family history of diabetes, or weight less than 90 kilos) then her doctor may recommend the definitive diabetes test (glucose tolerance test) straight up, without the earlier glucose challenge test.

Gestational diabetes occurs in about 1 to 2 percent of expectant mothers, which gives it the dubious distinction of being the most common pregnancy complication. It's also, fortunately, one of the most easily managed. When blood sugar is closely controlled through diet, exercise, and if necessary, medication, women with gestational diabetes can have perfectly normal pregnancies and healthy babies.

In most (97 to 98 percent), the blood sugar abnormalitis will dissapear after delivery. Some of these women, however (and this is much more common in women who are obese), may be at a higher risk of developing diabetes later in life. To reduce that risk, if you have gestational diabetes, take the following preventative measures post-partum; have regular medical checkcups, maintain ideal weight, cultivate (or keep) good diet and exercise habits, and be familiar with the symptoms of the disease so any can be reported promptly to your physician. "

I hope I could be of some help to you!

Answer 3

No, generally it subsides once your baby is delivered. However, there are some studies that show that people who develop gestational diabetes do have a greater chance of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.

Answer 4

Gestational diabetes generally goes away with the birth of the baby,however if you get gestatioal diiabetes you are more likely to get diabetes in midlife.

Answer 5

No. Some people get gestational diabetes. You just have to follow a strict diet sorta like the Adkins diet.

Answer 6

I had gestational diabetics, and after I gave birth I returned to normal. Also, my baby girl was born normal. While I was pregnant it was hell but well worth it.

Answer 7

Diabetes is usually treated through a combination of diet (low sugar), exercise and medications/insulin. Milder cases can be controlled with just diet an/or exercise while more severe cases require meds or insulin as well.
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Answer 8

There is a possibility you could end up with diabeties for the rest of your life, but more then likely it will pass after giving birth to the baby.

Answer 9

no, i know someone who had diabetes during her first pregnancy, it became dormant, and then reappeared during her second pregnancy. Now, she does not have diabetes.

Answer 10

not normally, when my mother was pregnant with me she ended up like that, but it pasted quickly after i was born. Good Luck though!