Diabetes Talking

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Gestational diabetes has been mentioned here before. Two questions: 1) Is it linked to IR-type diabetes? Ie, does being IR & borderline diabetic *anyway* increase your chance of developing the gestational variety?

Quoting (translating) without permission from my pregnancy book:    Pregnancy is a condition which makes potential diabetes manifest    itself.  Some of the hormones produced by the placenta (especially    HCS) place an added burden on the carbohydrate metabolism of the    pregnant woman.  These hormones reduce the efficacy of insulin.  The    amount of insulin secreted from the pancreas increases, but it    doesn’t do its job properly and that causes a rise in blood sugar.    Most women can handle this problem, but about three percent of them    have their carbohydrate metabolism seriously disrupted. Sounds to me like a perfect description of IR escalating into diabetes. 2) Does it tend to go away after the pregnancy is over?

Quoting again:    Gestational diabetes will usually disappear at the end of pregnancy.    50-60 percent of women who’ve had GD are at risk of having it [not    clear whether he means GD or DM here] appear again within 16 years.    Those who went so far as to require insulin shots during pregnancy    are at an even higher risk. 3) Does being low carb prior to the pregnancy reduce its likelihood?

   Funny, my book doesn’t talk about that at all…    Anyway, I would suspect it would help, but even more important would be staying low-carb *during* the pregnancy.  Not ketotic, maybe, but staying away from high-glycemic foods, at the very least. HTH, Orit in Israel 156 (3-Jan-99) / 110 (9-July-99), Atkins — Posting from DejaNews because my newsfeed’s broken again. Before you buy.

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deja.com writes <snippety snippety stuff about pregnancy & diabetes …distilling all that lot, it seems that what it comes down to is yes, I am at risk, but if I get it, it will probably go away after the pregnancy, but not definitely; low carb is the way to keep it under control just as it is for the normal IR-type diabetes, and, dammit, it’s up to me whether I want to risk it. Thanks for the replies. I’m clearer now. Anyway, why shouldn’t Arch-Bitches reproduce?!  <evil cackle — Rosiebint, Arch-Bitch-Tribble from Hell 262/206.5/162 Atkins since 10th June 1999

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cast aside the chawdron and deciphered the logogriph thusly: Gestational diabetes has been mentioned here before. Two questions: 1) Is it linked to IR-type diabetes? Ie, does being IR & borderline diabetic *anyway* increase your chance of developing the gestational variety?

Yes, most definitely.   2) Does it tend to go away after the pregnancy is over?

Usually, yes.  I had gestational diabetes with my third pregnancy in 1991 and it resolved completely within just a few days. It was in 1996 that I was diagnosed with ‘borderline’ diabetes/hyperinsulinemia after putting on some more weight again.   3) Does being low carb prior to the pregnancy reduce its likelihood?

One would think so in theory but that I honestly don’t know. Ok, that was three. So sue me

Sue an Arch Bitch Tribble From Hell? You must be joking! Cheryl ~~~Remember…your relatives had no choice in the matter        either!~~~

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Gestational diabetes has been mentioned here before. Two questions: 1) Is it linked to IR-type diabetes? Ie, does being IR & borderline diabetic *anyway* increase your chance of developing the gestational variety? 2) Does it tend to go away after the pregnancy is over? 3) Does being low carb prior to the pregnancy reduce its likelihood? Ok, that was three. So sue me — Rosiebint, Arch-Bitch-Tribble from Hell 262/208/162 & waiting for the Fat Dragon to visit Atkins since 10th June 1999

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I had it and read everything I could get my hands on about it, so I will tell you what I remember. Of course, she will be 7 in July so it may well be out of date. Gestational diabetes has been mentioned here before. Two questions: 1) Is it linked to IR-type diabetes? Ie, does being IR & borderline diabetic *anyway* increase your chance of developing the gestational variety?

Yes. If you have Type I or II in your family tree you are fr more likely to get gestation diabetes than if not. More so if any of theirs started in childhood. The reverse is true as well, if you get gestation diabetes, you are far more likely to develop diabetes later on. 2) Does it tend to go away after the pregnancy is over?

Instantly. You will probably stay an extra day in the hospital to keep an eye on you and your baby, but you should be done with it. You will need to watch your sugars for a few days, just in case. 3) Does being low carb prior to the pregnancy reduce its likelihood?

I don’t know this, but I imagine it would. Ok, that was three. So sue me

How much are you worth? : ) — Rosiebint, Arch-Bitch-Tribble from Hell

Arch-Bitch anythings should not reproduce anyway. : ) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 262/208/162 & waiting for the Fat Dragon to visit Atkins since 10th June 1999

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