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'Fidgety' Babies of Diabetic Moms Don't Get Large

Posted: Monday, January 23, 2006

While babies of diabetic women are prone to become overly big, a condition called macrosomia, it has been unclear why a substantial proportion do not develop this problem. The "fidgety fetus hypothesis" has been proposed as an explanation, suggesting that increased fetal activity can counteract the macrosomia-promoting effects of the mother's high glucose levels.

Obesity and Diabetes Independently Linked to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Posted: Friday, November 11, 2005

Pre-pregnancy weight above 149 pounds was tied to increased risks of preeclampsia in all ethnic groups. In the combined analysis, increased body weight raised the risk of primary cesarean delivery, but was tied to reduced risk of low birthweight

Poor Prenatal Nutrition Permanently Damages Function of Insulin-producing Cells

Posted: Monday, March 07, 2005

The bottom line is that if you don't have delivery of enough nutrients from the mother to the baby, the baby's pancreatic cells will be programmed abnormally and sets the stage for type 2 diabetes later in life.

Pregnancy Outcomes Worsening for Diabetic Women

Posted: Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Womens with type 2 diabetes at risk for several poor pregnancy outcomes. Moreover, the result of pregnancy fortype 2 diabetes has actually deteriorated in the last 10 years.

Obesity and Diabetes Independently Increase Cesarean Delivery Risk

Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

The prevalence of maternal obesity is rising, the authors explain, and pregestational obesity is a recognized risk factor for diabetes, preeclampsia and hypertension, macrosomia, and cesarean delivery.

Important implications for preconceptional counseling of overweight and obese women.

Diabetes During Pregnancy Skyrockets

Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004

Researchers at Kaiser Permanente have uncovered still more evidence that the nation is gaining weight: a staggering 35 percent increase in the number of women who develop diabetes while pregnant. The condition, known as gestational diabetes, usually goes away after the baby is born.

Familial History of Diabetes, Hypertension Are Potential Predictors of Gestational Diabetes

Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004

Pregnant women with a first-degree family history of type 2 diabetes have a 2 to 8-fold greater risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) than do women without such a family history, especially those who have at least one sibling with diabetes, according to an American case-control study. Furthermore, women who have a sibling with chronic hypertension also have a 2 to 3-fold increased risk of GDM.

Fetus Size, Not Mother's Blood Sugar, Is The Most Important in Treating Gestational Diabetes

Posted: Monday, February 09, 2004

Measuring the size of an unborn baby's mid-section provides a better indication than maternal blood glucose testing of whether the mother should receive treatment for gestational diabetes. If this method were widely accepted, it could reduce the number of women who require treatment for this disease, which is a form of diabetes that appears during pregnancy and can lead to large birth weight babies.

Need for Postpartum Screening of Women With Gestational Diabetes by Family Physicians

Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2003

Family physicians frequently fail to adequately screen women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Gestational diabetes occurs in about 5% of pregnancies in the United States and "as many as 69% of women diagnosed with GDM are at risk for recurrence in subsequent pregnancies," he said. Additionally about half of the women diagnosed with GDM will develop type 2 diabetes.