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Pregnancy & Signs of Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a condition that affects between three and eight women out of every 100 pregnant women, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The condition occurs when your blood glucose (sugar) levels are higher than they should be. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) reports the condition typically sets in around week 28 in the gestation period. In most cases, gestational diabetes is a temporary condition that corrects itself after delivery.

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Exercising and Gestational Diabetes

About three to five percent of all pregnant women develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes usually developsbetween 20 to 24 weeks, and is caused by the changes in hormones in your body during pregnancy. In most women, the pancreas is able to make additional insulin tocombat this insulin resistance. When the pancreas makes all the insulin it can, and there still isn’t enough tofight the effect of the placenta’s hormones, gestational diabetes results.