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Gestational diabetes is a specific disorder that occurs during pregnancy, which is distinguished by an increase in blood glucose, among other conditions, but that after birth the baby and usually disappears during the postpartum period.

This is because during pregnancy the placenta produces hormones such as estrogen, cortisol and lactogen, which can block the work of insulin, which is responsible for regulating blood glucose. When gestational diabetes is not treated, can cause severe consequences on the health of the pregnant woman and baby, one of the most common infections are usually in the urinary tract.

You may also see preeclampsia, which is characterized by increased high blood pressure and a lot of fluid retention which can interfere with the development of the sick baby and the mom. A characteristic of babies born to mothers with gestational diabetes, is that they can grow so much and weigh more than 4 kg which is called (macrosomia), which can complicate delivery, and require much more effort the mother.

You can give these babies born with respiratory failure, poor lung development, which then has for some time in the neonatal intensive care unit until they can breathe on their own. Therefore it is necessary that the mother make the appropriate checks and if you detect gestational diabetes, observed to the letter the instructions of their doctors.

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