{"id":2798,"date":"2018-06-26T20:16:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T20:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/testsakas\/glukia-egkumosuni-xwris-zaxaro\/"},"modified":"2021-07-27T09:26:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T09:26:22","slug":"sweet-pregnancy-sugar-gestational-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gyn-care.gr\/en\/sweet-pregnancy-sugar-gestational-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet pregnacy without sugar! Gestational Diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Find out what gestational diabetes is and how it will not stress you out during your pregnancy.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Pregnancy is one of the sweetest days of a woman’s life. Unfortunately, for some women, about 4 in 100, this period is a little stressful, since they face the problem of high blood sugar, (gestational diabetes) usually only temporarily. Although, according to experts, blood sugar levels are affected to some degree in all pregnant women, only 2-4% meet the criteria to be considered a major problem.<\/p>\n

Before you get stressed, learn how to diagnose and, if necessary, regulate gestational diabetes. Although it is a serious condition that you should not overlook, when treated properly and under the guidance of experts, it can not create serious problems, neither for you nor for your baby!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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What is gestational diabetes?<\/h2>\n<\/div>

It is a condition that usually occurs around the beginning of the third trimester and usually disappears after childbirth, as blood sugar levels return to normal.<\/p>\n

This is because, as the placenta develops, insulin resistance increases. In most women, the body deals with the problem by producing more insulin. In others, however, the pancreas fails to respond and so the sugar rises more than normal and develops gestational diabetes.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The necessary examination<\/h2>\n<\/div>

All women, regardless of whether they are at risk, have a history, etc., should have a test called a glucose tolerance test between the 23rd and 26th week of pregnancy. For this examination they must fast the previous night and for at least 12 hours. 3 days before the \u201cfast\u201d, they must consume at least 200 gr. carbohydrates per day, corresponding to 1 serving of cereal at breakfast, 1 serving of pasta at lunch, 3 fruits and 2 slices of bread.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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They also have to stay in the microbiological laboratory for 3 hours in order to take 4 blood samples:<\/p>\n<\/div>