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Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes is consistently raised blood glucose directly due to pregnancy, which usually develops in the middle of pregnancy and may lead to complications like larger babies, neonatal hypoglycemia, shoulder dystocia, increased perinatal mortality, and preeclampsia. You can manage gestational diabetes with glucose monitoring and diet changes, but you may need to inject insulin if sugars remain above defined pregnancy targets.

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  1. Gestational Diabetes. Cleveland Clinic. August 8, 2024.