WHAT IS GESTATIONAL DIABETES

Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes is a health condition wherein a woman who is not sick of diabetes at all develops a high amount of sugar in the blood during pregnancy and usually goes away after pregnancy

What causes blood sugar level to rise during pregnancy?

Hormonal changes during pregnancy is the main reason why there's an increase in sugar level in the blood. Hormones like human placental lactogen (HPL), estrogen, and cortisol are produced by the placenta to protect and help the baby grow.

In normal conditions, insulin helps bring the sugar into the cells to use as energy source or to use as storage. 

However, for some reasons, the cells do not respond appropriately to the presence of insulin and glucose start to accumulate in the blood causing gestational diabets.